QuestionsQuestions (DECS MEMORANDUM NO. 128)
It implements the Special Science Curriculum in the network of 110 S and T Oriented High Schools at the first-year level beginning School Year 1993–1994.
The Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (SEI-DOST) and the Bureau of Secondary Education of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (BSE-DECS) are implementing the curriculum in cooperation.
It will start in the First Year level beginning School Year 1993–1994.
The Special Science Curriculum will be implemented in a network of 110 S and T Oriented High Schools.
SEI-DOST shall provide additional/enrichment materials for S&T I and Mathematics I-S and a textbook for Earth Science.
An evaluation test will be given to incoming first-year students to determine which students will be included in the special science classes.
The memorandum provides for an evaluation test to be given to incoming first-year students, but it does not explicitly specify the tester; it is to be part of implementation under the cooperating agencies and network schools.
It requests full support and cooperation to facilitate coordination and successful implementation of the curriculum.
Immediate dissemination of the memorandum is desired.
The text indicates it appears in the Official publication context 'NAR (National Administrative Register)' as 'NAR VOL. IV NO. 3 / JULY - SEPTEMBER 1993,' and cites it as DECS Memorandum No. 128, s. 1993, adopted 7 May 1993.
It was signed by Armand V. Fabella, Secretary. This indicates it was issued under the authority of the DECS Secretary.
The memorandum references attachments containing the lists of the 110 S and T Oriented High Schools and the Special Science Curriculum.
Materials for S and T I and Mathematics I-S are mentioned, plus a textbook for Earth Science.
It establishes a selection mechanism for determining which incoming first-year students will be included in the special science classes.