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What is the PSQ?
The Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) is an annual contest designed
to test freshman college students’ knowledge of statistics.
The National Statistics Office (NSO) and the Philippine Statistical
Association (PSA) have conducted the PSQ since 1992.
What are the objectives of the PSQ?
The
PSQ has the following objectives:
1.
To assess the competency and skills of students in
statistics as acquired from the secondary education curriculum;
2.
To promote, enhance, and instill awareness and
appreciation of the importance and value of science, statistics in
particular, among the students, and
3.
To generate public awareness on the important uses
of statistics in all development-planning activities and win overall
support for all government statistical activities.
What is the significance of the PSQ?
PSQ contributes to the
building of scientific and technological manpower by helping identify and
nurture talents especially in the field of statistics.
Results of the contest can show indications of the effectiveness of
the statistics component of mathematics as a subject of the secondary
curriculum.
Who may compete in the PSQ?
The
PSQ is open to all Filipino first-time college freshmen currently enrolled
in the second semester of the
school year in any recognized tertiary academic institution in the
country. First-time college
freshmen are those who have enrolled for not more than two semesters (or
its equivalent term) in college.
Contestants
are entitled to one coach and must be officially endorsed by an official
of the academic institution where he/she is enrolled.
Interested students and coaches should register with the PSQ Regional
Steering Committee (RSC) through the NSO Provincial Office for provincial
eliminations or NSO Regional Office for the regional
championships. The number of
contestants should not exceed three contestants per school.
Relatives within
the third degree of consanguinity of members of the various working
committees of the PSQ and of the PSA Board of Directors are not
eligible to participate in the contest.
What are the Prizes at stake?
All provincial winners are awarded during the
provincial eliminations. Regional champions are awarded, during the
PSQ national finals, with a PSQ medal and a certificate of recognition.
Likewise, their coaches will be given a certificate of recognition.
The college or university where the 17 regional champions are enrolled, as
well as the high school where they graduated, shall all be awarded with
Certificates of Recognition.
The
top five winners in the PSQ national finals shall be given a PSQ trophy.
In addition, they will receive cash prizes.
During the past PSQs, the winners and their respective coaches
received the following cash prizes:
Contestant
Coach
1st
Place
P25,000
P12,500
2nd
Place
P20,000
P10,000
3rd Place
P15,000
P 7,500
4th Place
P10,000
P 5,000
5th Place
P 5,000
P 2,500
When and where will the competition be held?
The PSQ provincial
eliminations are being held during the celebration of the National
Statistics Month in October at venues determined by respective NSO
Provincial Offices. PSQ regional championships are held in the regional
centers on November, while the national finals will be held on December in
Metro Manila.
How
to be a PSQ Partner?
For the successful conduct of the competition, the 17th PSQ is
looking for partners who may provide any of the following:
Ø
Financial
assistance for the prizes and incidental expenses of the PSQ.
Ø
Assistance
in kind such as prizes, streamers, posters, brochures and other
dissemination materials about PSQ.
If
you are interested to be a PSQ partner, you may visit the National
Statistics Office nearest you or get in touch with any of the persons
listed below. Thank you in
advance for your support to this important undertaking.
Any questions about the PSQ may be directed to:
THE PSQ SECRETARIAT
Clemente
S. Manaog
National Statistics Office
R. Magsaysay Blvd. Sta. Mesa, Manila
Tel.
Nos. 715-6502/713-7074
LOGISTICS
COMMITTEE
Dir.
Lourdes J. Hufana
National Statistics Office
Vibal Bldg., Times St. cor. EDSA
Tel.
Nos. 926-7333/926-7329
E-mail::
PSQ-Secretariat@census.gov.ph
or
you may contact
National
Statistics Office
ANTIQUE PROVINCIAL OFFICE
Tel.
No.
+63-36-540-8628
email: nso_antique@yahoo.com
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