MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) release results of the April 2017 Principals' Test formerly known as National Qualifying Examination for School Heads (NQESH) for 2016 expected around June to July 2017. The complete list of passers and top 10 (topnotchers) are available on this page once announced online.
The 2016 Principals' Test was conducted on Sunday, April 9, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in 18 regions nationwide, corresponding to at least 26 exam centers.
The administration of the test is DepEd's mechanism to select school heads in the public education sector - a qualifying process for interested applicants to Principal I positions. It is being implemented in coordination with the Schools Divisions Offices (DOs) through the Regional Offices (ROs).
Examination is originally scheduled on November 6, 2016 but was rescheduled to December 18, 2016 and later to April 2017 due to administrative constraints in the procurement of test materials and other issues.
The official results include the complete name of the examinees, region, raw score and standard score.
PASSERS LIST: 2016 Principals' Test results (April 2017 NQESH)
Results will be posted on this section once out online. Check back for the updates...EXAM COVERAGE
The recent NQESH covered 200 multiple choice items anchored on the role of a school head as stipulated in the National Competency-Based Standards for School Heads (NCBSSH) & 21st Century Managerial Skills.
CUT-OFF SCORE
It is expected that NEAP will follow the cut-off score and not the percentile rank ( forced ranking to upper 10% regardless of the score).
The results of National Executive Committee's deliberation in January 2016 set the cut-off score to 70% overall rating with no grade lower than 68% in any of the domains.
Note that the above scenario produced 2,195 passers in the 2015 exams from the original 1,732 supposed count of passers if using the percentile rank.
RELEASE OF 2016 PRINCIPALS' TEST RESULTS
As advised, the results will be released through a DepEd Memorandum and will be posted on the NEAP official Facebook page.
Takers may expect results to come out around June to July 2017. However, any development on the checking of test papers or unforessen circumstances may change the probable release date.
In previous exam, each taker received Official Certificate of Rating (COR) from NEAP. This will be forwarded to the regions and school divisions when all the CORs have been printed.
Those who have passed will undergo training under the School Head's Development Program.
PREVIOUS EXAMINATION
In the October 2015 exam, 2,195 out of more than 19,000 takers passed the Principals' Test. Results were released online in less than 3 months after the exam. Erwin John Santos (Region 3) and Garry Vacunawa (Region 8) garnered 186 points or 93% overall rating.
In the May 2014 exam, 1,301 test takers passed the exam with results posted after 4 months.
In 2013, 1,454 out of the total 14,567 passed the test. Results were released online in less than 3 months.
2017 PRINCIPALS' TEST
For those planning to get the 2017 Principals' Test, NEAP said details of the examination will be announced soon.
UPDATES
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