3 students to join 10th ASEAN Quiz Regional Competition
THREE public school students from various parts of the country are set to join the 10th ASEAN Quiz Regional Competition in Myanmar next month, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).
The students are Amelia R. Persia of Donsol National Comprehensive High School in Region V; Brian James Cerdena of Pinagbuhatan High School in the National Capital Region (NCR); and Key B. Calpito of Cabarroguis National School of Arts and Trade in Region II will represent the Philippines in the said competition to be held on Dec. 11 to 17, 2022.
The participant-students were the top three winners in the recent 10th ASEAN Quiz National Competition that was participated in by 17 Grades 9 to 10 students from the country’s 17 administrative regions.
DepEd said that the ASEAN Quiz Regional Competition will be participated in by the ten ASEAN member countries: Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, Lao PDR, and Singapore.
The ASEAN Quiz, which started as a project of the ASEAN Committee in Culture and Information (COCI) in 2002, is a bi-annual competition participated in by students of public and private secondary schools from the ten ASEAN Member States.
The DepEd said that in 2020, the Philippines was unable to participate in the 9th ASEAN Quiz Regional Competition hosted by Singapore due to continuing mobility restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic and compounded by the typhoons “Rolly” and “Ulysses” that hit the country.
