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www.pshs.edu.ph The Philippine Science High School System ( Filipino : Sistemang Mataas na Paaralang Pang-agham ng Pilipinas [ 2 ] ) is a research-oriented and specialized public high school system in the Philippines that operates as an attached agency of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology .
Since its pilot year in 2009, PSHS-CLC has been renting a portion of Clark Polytechnic School in Clark Freeport Zone. The first campus site was proposed by the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) to be in the Sacobia Area but due to the concerns of the indigenous people on their Ancestral Domain Rights, the campus site was transferred to Air Force City in 2011.
To be admitted to the PSHS System, a prospective student must pass the PSHS National Competitive Exam. To take the exam, the student must have a final grade of at least 85% in both Science and Mathematics (in their 5th year of elementary school), or belong to the top 10% of their graduating class. Around 20,000 applications are received each year.
From 2018 to 2021, an estimated 2.3 million Filipinos fell into poverty amid the economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] [5] In 2018, the rate of decline of poverty has been slower compared with other East and Southeast Asian countries, [6] such as People's Republic of China (PRC), Thailand, Indonesia, or Vietnam.
According to the latest data from the Census Bureau, 12.7% of Florida’s population of over 21.5 million people live in poverty. This is higher than the national average of 11.6%, or 37.9 million ...
The majority of people around the globe do not meet their potential best health because of a "toxic combination of bad policies, economics, and politics". [1] Daily living conditions work together with these structural drivers to result in the social determinants of health. [1] Poverty and poor health are inseparably linked. [1]
Starting school year 2012–2013, PSHS-CMC, along with all the other campuses of the PSHS system, implemented the K+12 program. All freshmen during the school year will get an additional two years of secondary education, with stronger focus on learning specialized branches of sciences and mathematics.
It defines extreme poverty as living on less than US$1.90 per day. [2] , and moderate poverty as less than $3.10 a day. It has been estimated that in 2008, 1.4 billion people had consumption levels below US$1.25 a day and 2.7 billion lived on less than $2 a day. [needs update]