The Search for the Ten Outstanding Secondary School Students for this academic year is temporarily shelved because of the implementation of the K to 12 curriculum.
Below are the schedule and mechanics for the Search.
1. Schedule of Activities
Deadline
for Submission of Nominations ……… Wednesday,
January 13, 2016
Written
Examinations ……………………………. Wednesday,
January 27, 2016
Panel
Interview of Finalists ……………………… Wednesday,
February 17, 2016
Orientation
of Awardees………..………………… Monday, March 7,
2016
Awarding
Ceremony …………………………….. Friday, March 11, 2016
Final
venues/changes/details for the above activities will be posted at the OSCI
official blog
2. Qualifications of nominees for the 10 Outstanding
Elementary School Pupils awards
a) Must be a graduating elementary school pupil by AY
2015-2016
b) A bonafide student of the nominating school
c) Must have participated or been awarded in, at
least, a Congressional level activity which
was not
sponsored by the nominating school.
d) Of good moral and academic standing
e) Displays distinctive leadership qualities
f) Exhibits meritorious service to his peers,
school, and community
g) Participates in other worthwhile undertakings
for the success and honor of his/her school or
community
h)
Serves as positive role model epitomizing the importance of hard and honest
work
3.
Selection Criteria
a) Academic Achievements 50%
a.1) Academic Grades 50%
a.2) Written
Examinations 50%
b) Co-curricular activities* 35%
c) Personal Interview 15%
100%
4.
Mechanics
a)
Participating school submits to the Department of Education (Division where the
school is under)
the
personal data, academic grades, and list of co-curricular activities* of the
school nominee using
standard forms.
b)
Nomination forms are available from the Department of Education.
c)
A school can have only one nominee.
d)
A school can have its own criteria in selecting a nominee. Any questions as
regards the school’s
nominee or its selection process must be
directed to and settled within the school. OSCI will not
entertain questions or complaints in this
regard.
e)
Nominees collectively go to a specified place at a specified date for written
examinations. OSCI
formulates the test questions.
f)
Screening committee of OSCI gives points to nominees’ academic achievements and
co-curricular
activities.
g)
The top 15 with highest accumulated points are called back for final interview
before a panel of
judges. Candidates are interviewed based on
questions and grading system designed by OSCI.
h)
Final points are tallied. The results, after the deliberation of the Screening
Committee, are final and
unappealable.
i)
Official results are sent to the Department of Education.
j)
Awardees are officially informed to receive their awards.
** E N D **
* Co-curricular activities are activities which
are sponsored by or done in coordination with a) the Department of Education or
b) an association of schools recognized or accredited by the Department of
Education. DepEd sponsored or coordinated co-curricular activities must be, at
the minimum, Congressional level activities; DepEd sponsored or coordinated co-curricular activities lower than
Congressional level will not be considered for evaluation and should not be
included in the nominee’s folder. Community- or church-based activities must be
endorsed by the head of the local government unit or the church which sponsored
the activity. OSCI reserves the right to disregard non-DepEd sponsored or
coordinated activities; reclassify the level of activities; or ask a school to
show the original documents if necessary.
