Aspiring school heads
Guides for aspiring school heads that link DepEd’s public data to the Philippine Professional Standards for School Heads (PPSSH), the National Assessment for School Heads (NASH) and the EDCOM II Final Report.
Series on this topic: The EDCOM II reports (18); Teacher workload (10); Career progression (12); Supreme Court cases (12); Administrative cases and grievances (11); NASH results 2025 (9); PPSSH domain by domain (5).
BERF: How to Get DepEd Action Research Funded
How DepEd's Basic Education Research Fund works under DO 16, s. 2017: who can apply, grant ceilings, documents, the 70% score, tranches and eligible costs.
Basic Education Research Agenda (BERA): DO 39, s. 2016
DepEd's research agenda under DO 39, s. 2016: the four themes, three cross-cutting areas, their research questions, and how to align an action research topic.
DepEd Research Management Guidelines: DO 16, s. 2017
How DepEd research works under DO 16, s. 2017 and DO 26, s. 2021: research committees, the call for proposals, the 70% score, BERF grants and the school head.
How to Read a School's CRLA Results Fairly
Small schools' CRLA shares swing by chance: median 95% intervals span 17 points under 30 learners, 4 in large schools. How to read one school's result fairly.
NASH Results 2025 in NIR: Pass Rate by Division
FY 2025 NASH results in the Negros Island Region by schools division: 20.5% of Batch 1 and 12.5% of Batch 2 takers met the PPSSH standards in four domains.
NASH Results 2025 in Caraga: Pass Rate by Division
FY 2025 NASH results in Caraga (Region XIII) by schools division: 19.6% of Batch 1 takers met the PPSSH standards in four domains.
NASH Results 2025 in Region XII: Pass Rate by Division
FY 2025 NASH results in Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) by schools division: 13.5% of Batch 1 takers met the PPSSH standards in four domains.
NASH Results 2025 in Region IX: Pass Rate by Division
FY 2025 NASH results in Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula): 14.1% of Batch 1 and 30.2% of Batch 2 takers met the PPSSH standards in four domains.
NASH Results 2025 in Region VIII: Pass Rate by Division
FY 2025 NASH results in Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) by schools division: 19.5% of Batch 1 and 15.4% of Batch 2 takers met the PPSSH standards in four domains.
NASH Results 2025 in Region VII: Pass Rate by Division
FY 2025 NASH results in Region VII (Central Visayas) by schools division: 28.6% of Batch 1 and 26.3% of Batch 2 takers met the PPSSH standards in four domains.
NASH Results 2025 in Region V: Pass Rate by Division
FY 2025 NASH results in Region V (Bicol) by schools division: 17.1% of Batch 2 takers met the PPSSH standards in four domains.
NASH Results 2025 in Region I: Pass Rate by Division
FY 2025 NASH results in Region I (Ilocos) by schools division: 56.5% of Batch 1 and 52.7% of Batch 2 takers met the PPSSH standards in four domains.
NASH Results 2025 Explained: Pass Rate and the Score of 65
FY 2025 NASH (formerly NQESH) results: 25.6% and 25.9% of takers met the PPSSH standards in four domains. What a 65 means and why the lists are not rankings.
NASH Batch 2 Mock Exam: Results, Issues and What to Expect
What the FY 2025 NASH Batch 2 mock assessment showed: 23,220 takers finished it, and only 3,891 of 23,547 records passed the ECP part. Lessons for takers.
NASH Qualification Standards for School Principal I: FAQ
Who could take the NASH (formerly NQESH) without meeting the QS, and the School Principal I standards in DO 019, s. 2025: master's, experience, training, proof.
NASH Safe Exam Browser (SEB) and DepEd LMS: Test-Day Guide
How the NASH is taken on the DepEd LMS through the Safe Exam Browser: laptop requirements, SEB setup, login, the 9:00 a.m. quiz, and a test-day checklist.
NASH Requirements and Online Application: NASH-OAS Guide
NASH requirements and the NASH-OAS application at nash.deped.gov.ph: documents to upload, each status, the PHP 720 fee and the assessment permit at the SDO.
RA 6713 for DepEd School Heads: Ethics and Internal Control
How DepEd school heads apply RA 6713 to gifts and conflicts of interest, solve three ethical dilemmas, and use internal controls and fraud red flags.
DepEd School MOOE: Allowable Expenses and Liquidation
How DepEd school MOOE works under DO 8, s. 2019: allowable and prohibited expenses, cash advances, liquidation by the 5th, and the transparency board.
Human Resource Management for DepEd School Heads
How DepEd school heads handle human resource management: their role in hiring, teacher induction, 70-20-10 staff development, workload, welfare and PRAISE.
Studying by topic
Turn a topic into practice
Practice sets span the five PPSSH domains and their strands. Your results show where you stand in each, so you know which topics to read and practice next.
What you practice with
- Timed situational items, two minutes each
- Items aligned with the five PPSSH domains and the SOLO taxonomy
- Partial credit and an explanation for every choice
- Premium: every practice set and a NASH-style mock exam
- 34 practice sets
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