Administration of NAT for Grades 4 in ISD

Last July 13, 2016, National Achievement Test (NAT) for Grades 4 was orderly, honestly and successfully administered in eleven elementary schools plus one primary school in Indanan South District. Enumerated below were the elementary and primary schools tested.

1. Kasambuhan Village Elementary School
2. Panglima Mammah Elmentary School
3. Timbangan Elementary School
4. Palan Elementary School
5. Bunot Elementary School
6. Panglima Indanan Central School
7. Poblacion Elementary School
8. Mukammali Elementary School
9. Langpas Elementary School
10. Panglima Ahajan Elementary School
11. Pasil Elementary School
12. Dayuan Primary School

Before the NAT administration, orientation was conducted at GEM Multi-Purpose, Timbangan, Indanan Sulu last July 11, 2016. Both teaching and non-teaching personnel of the ISD were required to participate in the orientation. synchronized with the Orientation on Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS). Briefing on NAT was based on the orientation conducted by Division Office attended by Hja. Nalda J. Muksan, Principal of Langpas Elementary School and Melda I. Adug, Head Teacher III of Mukammali Elementary School. Thus, both school heads facilitated those guidelines relative to the conduct of NAT in the entire Grades 4 learners of ISD. The facilitators clearly elucidated the different roles of District Testing Coordinator, Chief Examiners, Room Examiners, Room Supervisor and Monitoring Team in the conduct of NAT. Processes on the release of the test materials were thoroughly emphasized. Likewise, retrieval or submission of the test paraphernalia was also clarified. 

As also agreed in the orientation, school-to-school Room Examiners should be formed to administer the test in their adjacent schools. Every school should submit the list of Grades 4 learners to neighboring school for proper identification of number of Room Examiners needed. School-to-school Room Examiners looked in the following arrangement:

• KVES to Panglima Mammah Elementary School
• PMES to Timbangan Elementary School
• TES to Palan Elementary School
• PES' to Bunot Elementary School
• BES to Panglima Indanan Central School
• PICS to Poblacion Elementary School
• PES'' to Panglima Ahajan Elementary School
• PAES to Pasil Elementary School
• PES''' to Langpas Elementary School
• LES to Mukammali Elementary School
• MES to Kasambuhan Village Elementary School

Public Schools District Supervisor Sam formed the members of monitoring team to ensure orderly, honest and successful administration of NAT. Most of the teachers he identified were those having motorcycles like him.

1. Samoore S. Ladjahali, PSDS of Indanan South District
2. Faijal I. Andan, TIC of Sapah Malawm Primary School and Annex
3. Nagdar U. Sasapan, TIC of Panglima Misuari Primary School and Annex
4. Jahaddi J. Taulani, ISD PESS Coordinator
5. Naser L. Assil, ISD Property Custodian

PSDS Moore specifically assigned his team members by room. For instance, Nagdar was for Room No. 1; Faijal was for Room No. 2; Naser was for Room No. 3; Jahaddi was for Room No. 4; and he was for Room No. 5. He designated Nagdar U. Sasapan as District Testing Coordinator (DTC). The monitoring team started with further testing center and ended in the furthest testing school center. Dayuan Primary School was not monitored because the exam was rescheduled to the next day, July 14, 2016 due to shortage of test materials. Division Testing Coordinator advised Delda J. Amdan, TIC of Dayuan Primary School to receive the test paraphernalia when the 11 elementary schools would be done with the exam on July 13, 2016. Hence, the monitoring team was no longer in action in the next day.

During the conduct of NAT for Grades 4, the monitoring team found out three elementary schools with continuing conduct of classes except in the rooms utilized for the test and the classrooms of those assigned as Room Examiners in their neighboring schools. These three schools were Pasil Elementary School, Langpas Elementry School and Mukammali Elementary School. The monitoring team was so strict to ensure the integrity of the exam. Every testing center they reached was taken with pictures from the windows of the classrooms where Grades 4 Examinees and Room Examiners focused on the test. As the monitoring team got back to Jolo n the afternoon, they were in unanimous decisions that the administration of NAT for Grades 4 2016 was so orderly, honest and successful.