Southeastern College of Padada, Inc.

Southern Paligue, National Highway, Padada, Davao del Sur, Philippines

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ELECTIVE 2
First Preliminary Examination
Name of Examinee: _____________________________________________ Score: / 50

General Instructions:
1. Download the test questionnaire and print.
2. Answer directly on your printed test paper. Put it in an envelope with your name, teacher’s name and the
subject and submit including your exam permit.
3. Answer with all honesty and dignity. Strictly no erasures and alterations.
4. Failure to follow the instructions will be sanctioned.

I. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the following concepts. Write your answers before the item.

What characteristic of educational administration is being conceptualized in the following?

1. Most of the scholars have clarified and emphasized that the fundamental elements in
the nature of educational administration are planning, organization, synthesis,
control, evaluation, etc. These elements work in tandem as being dependent on one
another.

2. Educational administration is a human process which is influenced by several

elements such as social, political, philosophical, psychological and other aspects.

3. It has become amply clear that the nature of work under educational administration is
functional and controlled rather than being mechanical and automatic.

4. It is universally accepted that the nature of educational administration is found in

both centralization and decentralization.

5. It is also clear that the formation of the nature of educational administration is

dependent on the social, economic and political situation of the country.

6. Educational administration works to bring improvement in the functions of the

teachers, students and other workers in a school. Besides, improvement is brought
about in the related methods, policies, decorum, etc.

7. Education is a social process. It is made even more useful and important by

educational administration so that the society can progress towards prosperity and
development.
 8. The functions based on educational administration should be practicable and not
merely theoretical. The objectives of the school, its policies, functions, rules, etc.
should be according to the humanistic and social conditions so that they prove their
use for the society at large.

9. Educational administration helps bring about proficiency in the working of all

workers concerned with education. Providing them with all kinds of facilities for
their professional excellence, is the function of the educational administration.

10. Educational administration should work as a tool to seek cooperation of all personnel
in the execution of educational policies and programs. It helps develop democratic
working in the administration, and hence, educational arrangements and teaching
become progressive and effective.

II. TRUE OR FALSE. Write T if the statement is correct and F if it is not and encircle the word/phrase
that makes the statement incorrect. Each item is worth 2 points. If failed to follow instructions, no
score will be granted.

1. It is one of the important objectives of administration to see that expansion takes place according
to targets. The selection of places for the opening of new schools should be done, keeping in view
the academic considerations.
2. The educational administrators, such as education officers, whose single major objective is to
improve upon what is being done in the classroom.
3. Planning is a significant management technique. Educational administration can achieve all the
goals of education fully and comprehensively by preparing ideal plans.
4. A teacher, being an intellectual worker, can work better if they feel satisfied with the way they are
being administered. Unless they get the peace of mind, they cannot teach in the class. Educational
administrator should aim at giving justice to the teachers in respect of recruitment, promotion and
transfer.
5. Direct democracy should be encouraged in school administration. Important matters should be
decided in the presence of the staff and students, and not by the headmaster alone.
6. A director of education or an inspector of schools or a headmaster must frequently meet the young
students to get a feel about of their changing moods, needs, emotions and fancies. No officer can
rule the young on the strength of power alone
7. Integration is the demand of school administration. The administrative officers, staff, students and
other employees in the field of education should learn to work for the common good.
8. It should not treat the teachers like clerks or another limb of administration. It should accord
special consideration and status to them. The teacher as a builder and creator has to be allowed a
lot of freedom of action.
9. Educational administration in the emerging Indian society should aim at providing high positions
on the basis of merit and fitness.
 10. Educational administration should aim at providing good education.

III. ESSAY. Explain the difference between Administration and Supervision. This is worth 10 points. (5 –
correctness of the answer, 5 – organization of ideas, grammar, punctuation, spelling, cleanliness)

 Write your answer at the back of the test paper.

Prepared by:

MRS. METHUS SHELLAH S. PALMERO

Teacher – English Discipline