The National Competitive Examination is the entrance examination of the Philippine Science High School. The exam is a scholastic aptitude test designed to measure the scientific, quantitative, abstract and verbal abilities of the applicants before they are accepted as state scholars. To qualify for the exam, an elementary student must be on the upper 10% of the class or having a final grade of at least 85% particularly in the subjects of Science and Mathematics. He or she must be a Filipino citizen with no pending or approved the application as immigrant to any foreign country. For this year’s NCE, the applicant must be born on or after August 1, 2003, and must have at least a satisfactory rating (or its equivalent) in his/her Character Rating in his/her report card (SY 2019 – 2019). Lastly, he or she must be in good health and fit to undergo a rigorous academic program.
The PSHS Review program prepares students for the entrance examinations to Philippine Science High School and other Science High Schools across the country. To pass the Philippine Science High School entrance test, a student must possess the ability to apply concepts, solve problems and infer and predict outcomes.
Philippine Science High School Information Type specialized high school Established 1964 Executive Director Lilia T. Habacon Grades 7 to 12 Number of students 2,822 (school year 2004-2005) Campus Diliman, (Main Campus) (Ilocos Region) (Cagayan Valley) (Cordillera Administrative Region) (Central Luzon) (CALABARZON) (MIMAROPA) (Bicol Region) (Western Visayas) (Central Visayas) (Eastern Visayas) (Zamboanga Peninsula) (Northern Mindanao) (Davao Region) (SOCCSKSARGEN) (Caraga) Affiliation Website The Philippine Science High School System is a specialized public high school system in the that operates as an attached agency of the Philippine. PSHS is considered as the top science high school in the Philippines and is viewed to be among the best in the ASEAN region by 2016.
The PSHS System offers scholarships to Filipino students who are gifted in the sciences and mathematics. Admission to the PSHS is by competitive examination, and only citizens are eligible to attend. Graduates of the PSHS are bound by law to major in the pure and applied sciences, mathematics, or engineering on entering college. The system is known to have a very challenging curriculum which produces the best professionals in the country.
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PSHS is known for its active participation in national and international science, technology, and mathematics competitions such as Sipnayan, Kapnayan, MATHirang MATHibay, Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge, Philippine Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry Olympiads, and Australian Chemistry Quiz. Through private funding, students successfully reap awards in international competitions such as the Taiwan International Science and Engineering Fair, International Junior Science Olympiad, International Earth Science Olympiad, International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics,. A movie was released in 2007 in honor of Philippine Science High School. Pisay got national and international recognition as it was sent to the. Pisay was directed by an alumnus of the school, Auraeus Solito, and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2008. Contents. Campuses and system organization Campuses For 24 years, the PSHS was a single campus on Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City where the top 240 examinees in the National Competitive Examination held yearly were accepted as government scholars.
All campuses have at most 30 students in each class. However, regional campuses only have three classes in contrast to the main campus which has eight classes per batch. Currently, each region in the Philippines except the has a campus.
PSHS Main Campus Campus Location Date Founded Campus Director (NCR) Agham Road, Diliman, 1964 Dr. Madriaga (XI), Davao del Sur July 1988 Delia C. Legaspino (VI) July 1, 1992 Dr. Shena Faith M. Ganela (VIII) July 4, 1994 Dr. Garnace (II), Nueva Vizcaya June 1998 Dr.
Salvador Romo (X) Nangka, July 1998 Engr. Pagorogon (V) July 1998 Elsie G. Ferrer, MA (I) February 6, 2002 Dr. Orteza (VII) Talaytay, May 19, 2005 Dr.
Rachel Luz V. Rica (CAR), Benguet June 22, 2009 Dr. (III), Pampanga June 28, 2009 Theresa Anne O. Diaz (XII) Paraiso, South Cotabato February 3, 2012 (Founded) June 17, 2013 (Opened) Dr. Garganera (XIII) Ampayon, Agusan del Norte 2014 Ruwina S.
Gonzaga (IV-A) Sampaga, 2015 Dr. Andaya (IV-B) April 2016 Edward C. Albaracin (IX) Cogon, Zamboanga del Norte 2016 Mr. Jamora System organization The Board of Trustees (BOT) is the highest policy making body of the PSHS System. The Executive Committee (ExeCom), composed of the directors of different PSHS campuses, is a collegial body that recommends policies and guidelines for the consideration of the BOT.
The Executive Committee is chaired by the Executive Director, who coordinates the implementation of these policies and guidelines. PSHS campuses are headed by directors who are members of the ExeCom. History The Philippine Science High School was established through Republic Act 3661, authored by Congressman, and signed into law in 1963 by President. This charter mandates the PSHS “to offer on a free scholarship basis a secondary course with emphasis on subjects pertaining to service with the end in view of preparing its students for a science career”. The school started operations in 1964.
National scientist Dr. Gregorio Velasquez led the PSHS through its first three years. The campus started in a small rented GSIS-owned property along the Quezon Memorial Circle. In 1970 PSHS started building on a 75,000 square metre lot along Agham Road in Diliman, Quezon City. By the end of the 1980s, PSHS started to spread across the nation. The first regional campuses were built, starting with the Mindanao Campus (now Southern Mindanao Campus), in Davao City, in 1988.
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The PSHS System Law (R.A. 8496) was signed by President in 1997 that established the PSHS System and unified all the existing campuses into a single system of governance and management. Thus, the PSHS continues fulfilling its mandate “to offer, on a free scholarship basis, a secondary course with special emphasis on subjects pertaining to the sciences, with the end view of preparing its students for a science career”.