Guidelines on Promotion and Retention of Learners for 2019

It’s a good start for the school teachers to be familiarized with the 2019 guidelines on promoting and retaining the learners as the school year has just started. 

On the Grading System, the K-12 Basic Education Program (BEP) uses a standards-based and competency-based grading system. All grades will be based on the weighted score of the learner’s summative assessments. The minimum grade to pass a specific learning area is 60, which transmuted to 75 in the Report Card.

The lowest mark that can appear on the Report Card is 60 for Quarterly Grades and Final Grades. Learners from Grades 1 to 12 are graded on Written Work (WW), Performance Tasks(PT), and Quarterly Assessment (QA) every quarter. These three are given specific percentage weights that vary according to the nature of the learning area.

Grading System How is learner progress recorded and computed? The following shows the step-by-step way of computing the grades.

• Outstanding 90 – 100 Passed
• Very Satisfactory 85 – 89 Passed
• Satisfactory 80 – 84 Passed
• Fairly Satisfactory 75 – 79 Passed
• Did not meet expectations Below 75 Failed

For Grades 1 to 3 Learners Requirements Decision

1. Final Grade of at least 75 in all learning areas Promoted to the next grade level.
2. Did Not Meet Expectations in not more than two learning areas Must pass remedial classes for learning areas with failing mark to be promoted to the next grade level. Otherwise, the learner is retained in the same grade level.
3. Did Not Meet Expectations in not more than three learning areas. Retained in the same grade level.

For Grades 4 to 10 Learners Requirements Decision

1. Final Grade of at least 75 in all learning areas Promoted to the next grade level.
2. Did Not Meet Expectations in not more than two learning areas Must pass remedial classes for learning areas with failing mark to be promoted to the next grade level. Otherwise, the learner is retained in the same grade level.
3. Did Not Meet Expectations in not more than three learning areas. Retained in the same grade level.
4. Must pass all learning areas in the Elementary.
5. Must pass all learning areas in Junior High School.

For Grades 11 to 12 

• The final grade of at least 75 in all learning areas in a semester can proceed to the next semester.
• Did not meet expectations in a prerequisite subject in a learning area must pass remedial classes for failed competencies in the subject before being allowed to enroll in the higher-level subject.
• Did not meet expectations in any subject or learning area at the end of the semester must pass remedial classes for failed competencies in the subjects or learning areas to be allowed to enroll in the next semester. Otherwise, the learner must retake the subjects failed.
• Passed all subjects or learning areas in Senior High School will earn the Senior High School Certificate.

You may refer to DepEd Order No. 13, s. 2018 and DepEd Order No. 8, s. 2015.

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