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The words PHSMS uses.
Plain-language meanings for the Philippine school terms you will see in PHSMS.
- Advisory section
- The section a teacher is the adviser of. Teachers take daily attendance for their advisory section.
- DepEd
- The Department of Education. PHSMS’s default grading scheme is modelled on DepEd’s approach, and your school can adjust it.
- DepEd school ID
- The identifier DepEd assigns to a school. It is stored on the school profile.
- Form 137
- A learner’s permanent academic record. PHSMS stores it as a student document type, alongside birth certificates, report cards and good moral certificates.
- Learning area
- A subject or group of subjects. PHSMS groups subjects into Languages, AP and EsP, Science and Math, MAPEH, EPP and TLE, and the senior high groups.
- MAPEH, EPP, TLE
- Subject groupings used in basic education: Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health; Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan; and Technology and Livelihood Education.
- AP and EsP
- Araling Panlipunan (social studies) and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao (values education).
- Quarter
- One of the four grading periods in the school year. Grades are entered, approved and published per quarter.
- Senior high strand
- A specialised track in grades 11 and 12. PHSMS lets a school set up the strands it offers.
- Transmutation
- Converting a raw percentage into the reported grade using a table. PHSMS supports the DepEd 2015 table, or none.
- Written Work, Performance Task, Quarterly Assessment
- The three components of a grade in the DepEd-style scheme, each with its own weight that varies by subject group.
- Semestral
- Paid twice a year. One of the payment plans a fee schedule can offer, with annual, quarterly and monthly.
- Promotion and retention
- Whether a learner moves up to the next grade level or repeats the year. The registrar records each decision, with any exceptions.
- Data Privacy Act
- The Philippine law on handling personal information. PHSMS shows a notice on the public application form and records its version.
- Rollover
- Moving the school from one school year to the next. PHSMS lets the registrar plan it, review it and then apply it.
- Sensitive records
- Health, guidance and safeguarding records. They are kept separate, left out of exports and dashboards, and every access is logged.
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