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Applicant student must belong to the upper 20% of the graduating class, and has grades at least 85% in subjects such as Mathematics, Science, and English as of 2nd quarter Grade VI, certified by the Principal.
Like all other schools in the Philippines before the K-12 curriculum, the PSHS system only had four (4) years of high school, thus only ten (10) years of basic education. [10] Under the “Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013″, the number of years was increased, thus there are six (6) years of high school under the new system.
The Philippine Science High School uses a grading system similar to the major universities in the country. Grading is cumulative, taking two-thirds of the grade earned for the current quarter (i.e. the transmuted grade, such as 1.25) and adding it to a third of the transmuted grade from the previous quarter.
Grade 3: 8-9 and up Grade 4: 9-10 and up Grade 5: 10-11 and up Grade 6: 11-12 and up Grade 7: 12-13 and up High school: 1st year 13-14 and up 2nd year 14-15 and up 3rd year 15-16 and up 4th year 16-17 and up Higher education; College: Varies 17 and up
The 7.5-hectare (19-acre) campus includes two main buildings, the Science and Humanities Building (SHB), and the Advanced Science and Technology Building (ASTB). [2] As of school year (SY) 2016–2017, a constructed extension on the back of the SHB (SHB-BEx) has been available to use by students and faculty.
Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is a variety of English native to the Philippines, including those used by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries.
Rev. Fr. Edwin Lao, O.P., former rector and president of Letran-Intramuros spearheaded the over-all construction of the building and the formulation of the guiding principles of the institution. The blessing and inauguration on June 4, 2006, coincided with the gathering of the priors and superiors of the Philippine Dominican Province.
In the Philippines, some universities follow a 4-Point Scale, which resembles or is equivalent to the U.S. grading system. This system uses a grade between 0.00 to 4.00 wherein 4.00 is the highest and 0.00 being a failing mark. Other universities follow a 5-Point Scale, wherein the highest grade is a 1.00 and the lowest is a 5.00 (failing mark).