Bicol Student Places First in 10th ASEAN Quiz National Competition, Top Three Winners to Represent PH in Myanmar
The winners and contestants of the 10th ASEAN Quiz National Competition with PTV General Manager Kat de Castro, PTV Board Chair Dr. Julio Castillo, DFA Assistant Secretary for ASEAN Affairs Daniel Espiritu, DepEd Senior Educator Rowel Padernal, and PCOO Undersecretary George Apacible. (Photo credit: PTV)
QUEZON CITY 26 May 2022 — Armela Persia, a high school student from the Bicol region, won the 10th ASEAN Quiz National Competition held on 19 May 2022 at the PTV studios in Quezon City. Ms. Persia, representing Donsol National Comprehensive School, took home a cash prize of PhP 50,000 and an STI College scholarship.
Second place went to the NCR’s Brian James Cerdeña of Pinagbuhatan High School, Pasig, while third place went to Region 2’s Key Calpito of Cabarroguis National School of Arts and Trades, Quirino. The second- and third-placers walked away with cash prizes of PhP 30,000 and PhP 20,000, respectively, as well as four-year STI College scholarships.
The contest saw sixteen champions from each of the country’s regions competing in a series of tests on their general knowledge of ASEAN. The three winners will go on to represent the Philippines at the Regional Level of the 10th ASEAN Quiz, to be held in Myanmar later this year.
In his closing remarks at the event, DFA Assistant Secretary for ASEAN Affairs Daniel R. Espiritu noted how it was the Philippines that first conceptualized and proposed the ASEAN Quiz as a regional initiative, and stated that the country is truly proud of how its youth have performed in the previous nine iterations, with Philippine teams consistently placing at or near the top of the rankings each time.
The Quiz is held every two years, rotating among the different Member-States of ASEAN, and is designed to raise ASEAN awareness among the region’s youth in a friendly competition setting.
The ASEAN Quiz is a project of the ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information and the People’s Television Network, in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Education, the Presidential Communications Operations Office, Philippine Information Agency, and Radyo Pilipinas.
The delayed telecast of the 10th ASEAN Quiz National Competition will be aired on PTV and its provincial stations on 04 June, with a replay on 05 June. END
DFA Assistant Secretary for ASEAN Affairs Daniel Espiritu delivers the closing remarks at the 10th ASEAN Quiz National Competition.