DepEd-Abra execs clarify recruitment, hiring system

BANGUED, Abra -- The Registry of Qualified Applicants (RQA) is a registry, not a ranking for teacher-applicants.

Abra Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Christopher Benigno explained this here to clarify misconceptions that the RQA is a ranking.

Passing the RQA is a requirement for hiring.

Applicants have to garner at least 70 points which are earned based on the criteria set by DepEd which include the educational attainment, eligibility, specialized skills trainings, interview and demonstration, among others.

"Even if a teacher-applicant ranks No. 1 in the result of the RQA, it does not follow that he or she should be the first to be hired/deployed because there are other criteria considered," Benigno emphasized.

But one of the major considerations in the deployment/hiring of teachers  is  the localization law where teachers coming from the locality are given priority to be hired, he said.

To address the problem of lack of teachers, Benigno assured that deployment will be done by April 2019 and all vacant positions will be filled up before the next school year starts. -- JDP/MTBB - PIA CAR, Abra