DepEd Memorandum No. 026, s. 2023 : Addendum to DepEd Memorandum No. 010, s. 2023 (Administration of the Qualifying Examination in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies)

DepEd Memorandum No. 026, s. 2023

Addendum to DepEd Memorandum No. 010, s. 2023
(Administration of the Qualifying Examination in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies)

 

 

MAY 02 2023

 

DepEd MEMORANDUM

No. 026, s. 2023

 

Addendum to DepEd Memorandum No. 010, s. 2023

(Administration of the Qualifying Examination in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies)

 

To:      Undersecretaries

Assistant Secretaries

Minister, Basic, Higher, and Technical Education, BARMM

Bureau and Service Directors

Regional Directors

Schools Division Superintendents

Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools

All Others Concerned

 

1. In relation to the issued Department of Education (DepEd) Memorandum No. 010, s. 2023 titled Administration of the Qualifying Examination in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies QEALIS), this Memorandum aims to provide additional information about the upcoming test administration.

 

2. The Department, through the Bureau of Education Assessment (BEA), will administer the QEALIS on May 7, 2023, in the schools division offices (SDOs) stated below:

 

Region of Origin of Examinees	Testing Center (Schools Division Office)
I	Ilocos Sur
II	Isabela
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)	Baguio City
III, IV-A and National Capital Region (NCR)	Makati City
IV-B	Palawan
V	Legazpi City
VI and VII	Cebu City
VIII	Tacloban City
IX and BARMM (Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi)	Zamboanga City
X and BARMM (Marawi City and Lanao del Sur)	Iligan City
XI	Davao City
XII and BARMM: Maguindanao I and II	Cotabato Province
XII: Koronadal City	General Santos City
Caraga	Butuan City

For examinees who will come from Region XII and BARMM: Maguindanao I and II, the Testing Center will be moved from SDO Cotabato City to SDO Cotabato Province.

 

3. In preparation for the examination, the registrants and testing personnel should review the materials accessible through this link: https://bit.ly/DepEdQEALIS. The Google Drive folder of the said link shall be used to post contact details of the point persons for the activities and announcements related to the examination.

 

4. The Division Testing Coordinator (OTC) of the Testing Centers, in collaboration with the Division Madrasah Education Program (MEP) Coordinator, shall release a Division Memorandum regarding the following:

 

a. list of examinees per room using the enclosed Form 1;

b. details about the test administration, such as the identified specific venue and schedule of qualified registrants; and

c. contact details of a point person for the examination.

 

5. Prior to the test administration, a virtual orientation will be conducted on April 26, 2023. This will be attended by the Regional and Division MEP Coordinators, Regional Testing Coordinators (RTCs), DTCs, Supervising Examiners (SEs), and Room Examiners (REs). Meeting details will be sent to the Regional MEP Coordinators and RTCs.

 

6. Only the qualified registrants listed in Form 1 shall be accommodated as examinees. Strictly, no walk-in registrants will be accommodated on the examination day.

 

7. During the registration period, one copy of the registration form signed by an authorized evaluator must have been returned to the registrant. The said document shall be presented by the registrant on the examination day.

 

8. On the examination day, the registrants are required to bring the following:

 

a. registration form signed by an authorized evaluator;

b. original copy of requirements;

c. one copy of most recent lxl ID picture with name tag; and,

d. two pencils (No. 2), an eraser, and a sharpener.

 

9. A BEA representative shall deliver and retrieve the test materials to and from the SDO. He/she shall monitor the test administration in the same division.

 

10. A Certificate of Rating (COR) will be issued to the examinees for their individual test results. Information regarding the release of results shall be disseminated through another Memorandum.

 

11. Health and safety protocols must be followed in all the activities to be done.

 

12. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.

 

By Authority of the Secretary

 

(SGD) GINA O. GONONG

Undersecretary of Curriculum and Teaching

 

Encls.: As stated

 

Reference: 

DepEd Memorandum (No. 010, s. 2023)

 

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index

under the following subjects:

 

CHANGE

EXAMINATION

LANGUAGE

LEARNERS

OFFICIALS

REQUIREMENTS

TEST

 

 

(Enclosure No. 1 to DepEd Memorandum No. 026, s. 2023)

 

 

 

A full copy of DepEd Memorandum No. 024, s. 2023 below: