16 January 2014 - Some 17 high school students from the country’s 17 administrative regions will be competing on January 23 for the Sixth Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Quiz National Competition to be held at PTV 4, Quezon City, Philippines.
“This is the first time that we will have a representative in the ASEAN Quiz from the ARMM region and this bodes well for our continuing preparation for the ASEAN community integration in 2015,” said Mr. Cleo B. Dongga-as, Chairperson of the 6th ASEAN Quiz Regional Competition.
The participants will be quizzed on all things ASEAN, including the member-states, the three community pillars, the organization’s structure, mechanisms, and initiatives.
Based on the quiz mechanics, the 17 national contestants will compete in four rounds - Visual Matching Type; True or False; Multiple Choice; and Fill-in-the Blanks.
The first placer will receive a cash prize worth Php20,000 and a medal. The second placer will get Php15,000 and a medal, while the third placer will bring home Php10,000 plus medal.
The top three winners will be the country’s representative to the Sixth ASEAN Quiz Competition that will be held in Vietnam in August 2014. The students will be accompanied by their coaches and other Department of Education representatives.
The Philippines has been a consistent winner in the regional quiz competition, bagging awards in 2002 (individual delegates competition) 1st place held in Thailand; in 2004 (individual delegates competition) 1st place in Brunei Darussalam; in 2006 (individual delegates competition) –2nd place in Malaysia; in 2009 (country competition) –1st place in the Philippines and in 2012 (country competition)- 1st place in Cambodia.
A project of the ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information (COCI), the ASEAN Quiz aims to foster the spirit of healthy competition and friendships among ASEAN youth.
People’s Television Network is the implementing agency of the project in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Presidential Communication Operation Office (PCOO), Philippine Information Agency (PIA), and the Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS). END