1. Teacher liability is an area of considerable concern to many teachers.

A
teacher who is not present at his or her assigned duty might be very well
be charge with negligence unless the absence is “reasonable”. Which term
refers to the failure to conduct in an appropriate manner an act that might
otherwise have been lawfully performed; for example unintentionally using
too much force in a breaking up a fight.
a. Educational Malpractice
b. Misfeasance
c. Nonfeasance
d. Malfeasance
Answer: b Misfeasance
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2. All teachers are legally responsible for the safety, health, and well-being of
the students under their supervision. If they breach that responsibility by
doing something that a normally prudent teacher would not do, or by not
doing something that normally prudent would have done in similar
circumstances they are negligent. If that negligence is the actual and
proximate cause of a real injury to students under their supervision, these
teachers can be held liable by a court of law and maybe required to pay
damages. This is called __________________________.
a. Gross Negligence of Duty
b. Concept of In Loco Parentis
c. Teacher Liability
d. Tort Liability
Answer: d Tort Liability
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3. DepEd Order No. 51, s. 2004 has formally launched MADRASAH Program in
public schools system. What is its best feature?

a. It provides a Matching Fund for the Muslim ASATIDZ/teachers

b. It provides the standard curriculum on Islamic studies and Arabic
Values
c. It designs the regular BEC curriculum with Arabic languages and
Islamic culture
d. It provides assistance to Private Madaris to answer peace and order
conflict in Mindanao
Answer : b It provides the standard curriculum on Islamic studies and
Arabic Values
Question: Supposing the Secretary of Education read in the newspaper that a
grade VI pupil of a public school was sexually molested by his teacher Mr.
T without any complaint filed against Mr. T the Secretary issued an order
directing Atty. M to conduct a fact-finding investigation on the alleged
sexual molestation of the said pupil. After the investigation, Atty M
recommended that Mr. T be placed under preventive suspension of 90
calendar days. Finding said recommendation to be in order, the secretary
issues a formal charge against Mr. T and issues an Order for a fact-finding
investigation Valid? Is the formal Charge valid? Is the order of PREVENTIVE
Suspension Valid? Why or Why not?

Answer: The order for a fact finding investigation, the formal Charge and the
Order of Preventive Suspension are valid even without a private complaint
because under section 3 of the Revised Rules of Procedure administrative
proceedings may be commenced motuproprio by the Secretary of
Education and by the other disciplining authority.

Is there direct assault if both offender and offended are persons in authority?

Supposing thar superintendent A boxed a fellow superintendent B in a as a result of a heated

argument during a meeting. Superintendent A filed a case of direct assault toBecause of
conflict of jurisdiction, it was ruled that there was no assault