DO No. 40, s. 2014

1.DepEd ensures that schools to be established, merged, converted, and named/renamed and the school annexes separated from their mother schools, are  in accordance with quality standards to enhance the delivery of basic education, so it issued comprehensive guidelines for such work processes. What was this issuance?

• A. DepEd Order No. 36, s. 2022

•   B. DepEd Order No. 64, s. 2017

   

• C. DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2014

•   D. DepEd Order No. 72, s. 2009

2.According to Section 7 of RA 9155, otherwise known as the Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001, who is mandated to have the authority, accountability, and responsibility for approving the establishment of public elementary and secondary schools and learning centers?

• A. The Secretary

•   B. The Regional Director

•   C. The Assistant Regional Director

•   D. The Schools Division Superintendent

3. This is the process of joining or combining of two (2) or more existing schools of the same level adjacent to each other into one (1) school.

•   A. Separation of School Annex

•   B. Conversion of School(s)

•   C. Establishment of School

•   D. Merging of Schools

4. This is the process of changing, altering or transfer of the status, character of the curricular offerings, or the administration, maintenance supervision and conduct of a school from its present status, character, administration, or management.

•   A. Renaming of School

•   B.  Merging of Schools

•   C. Renaming of School

•   D. Conversion of School(s)

5.What DepEd Office(s) shall annually identify, determine, prioritize, and initiate the move for the establishment, merging, conversion, and separation of school annexes, as needed?

• A. Central Office

•   B. Regional Offices

•   C. Schools Division Offices

   

• D. District Offices

6. Principal XYZ has a highly populated school and thus, has a lack of classrooms and a lack of space for new classroom buildings, so she sent a request for a school annex, together with the necessary papers and supporting documents, to the SDO involved. The SDO Superintendent forwarded the request to the Regional Office for proper evaluation. Will they be granted the school annex?

• A. No

•   B. Yes

•   C. Maybe, depending on the assessment results

•   D. I don’t know. Insufficient information

7. A Senior High School needs to be established in a certain area in Cavite, but DepEd has no more available lot/area. A Service Organization, with clearance from the local government, opted to offer DepEd the use of their educationally- conducive, hazard- free, 5-hectare vacant lot for the SHS, for fifty (50) years through a Deed of Usufruct. Is this allowed?

• A. No

•   B. Yes

•   C. Maybe, depending on other circumstances

•   D. I don’t know. Insufficient information

8.A school annex offering complete elementary education and  with a separate appropriation in the GAA, is located in an area that is far from the mother school. As such, the SDS, in consultation with the school head of the mother school and the other stakeholders, initiated the separation of the annex from its mother school. Will the request be granted?

• A. Highly probable

•   B. Highly improbable

•   C. Maybe

•   D. Insufficient information

9. Who among the following choices, provided they met the Qualification Standards (QS) set  by DepED, will be given priority in the appointment to a School Head item for the annex school that was separated?

• A. the Guidance Counselor of the mother school

•   B. the Choice of the School Head of the mother school

•   C. the Master Teacher of the school annex

•   D. the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) or Teacher-in-Charge (TIC) of the school annex

10. Who shall decide as to which teaching and non-teaching plantilla items already assigned in the school annex shall be transferred to the said school?

• A. DepEd Secretary

•   B. Regional Director

•   C. Schools Division Superintendent

•   D. School Head of the mother school