Department of Education

Region V

Freedom Sports Complex, San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur

Specific Guidelines and Mechanics for the

2019 DISTICT ARALING PANLIPUNAN DAY
(POP QUIZ, ASEAN QUIZ, DITAL KWIZ, POP DEV DEBATE,
and Jingle Writing and Singing Contest
Theme: “Authentic Filipino Talents and Skills
Breaking the Barrier in Inclusive Education
Towards Unity in Diversity”
Contest Date : November 27, 2019
Time : 8:00 o’clock AM
Venue : Bagacay National High School
Submission of Entry: Pre- Registration of Contestants should be submitted on or before
November 23, 2019 at the office of the Araling Panlipunan
Department at the contest venue/host school using the recommended
ENTRY FORM.

Contest Events:
A. POP QUIZ
B. ASEAN QUIZ
C. DIGITAL KWIZ
D. On-the-spot Jingle Writing and Singing Contest
E. POP-DEV Debate

Note: This is open to all high school students of secondary public schools.
Contest guidelines and mechanics were based on the 2020 REGIONAL POPULATION QUIZ
and SKILLS COMPETITION Implementing Rules and Mechanics

A. POP QUIZ
1. The formulation of test questions for POP Quiz shall be based on the following Population
Education Core Messages/Key Concepts”
a. Family Life and Responsible Parenthood
b. Gender and development
c. Population and Reproductive Health
d. Population, Environment and Sustainable Development
2. The following websites which can be sources of information for PopEd concepts can be
downloaded also.
a. http://www.drdf.org.ph/yafs4
b. http://www.doh.gov.ph
c. http://www.popcom.gov.ph
d. http://www.census.gov.ph
e. http://nscb.gov.ph
f. http://philippines.unfpa.org/
g. http://wwwprb.org/
3. Each participating school should bring three (3) multiple choice with four choices test
questions based from the sources above with key to correction on the day of the contest. One
(1) Easy Question for one (1) point, one (1) average question for two (2) points and one (1)
difficult question for three (3) points
4. The total number of questions shall be based on the number of participants. Only one (1)
contestant per school is allowed.
5. Contestant will be provided with an answer sheet during the contest.

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 6. Participants will be given 30 seconds to answer each question.
7. English and Filipino will be used as official languages during the conduct of the quiz.
8. All ties will be broken by a tie-breaker question.
9. In case of a protest or inquiry during the actual quiz proceedings, the following procedures
shall be observed:
- Only the official coach of the participant is allowed to raise a protest or inquiry at
the earliest time during the quiz
- The protest or inquiry will be addressed orally to the Contest Managers.
- The Contest Managers/Checkers will announce the results of the contest

B. ASEAN QUIZ

1. There shall be one (1) contestant per school, be in grade 8 to 9 between 14-16 years
old and must not be 18 years old by the time of the ASEAN Regional Competition in
2021.
2. The contestant should be proficient in English language, both oral and written
3. Have a average grade of at least 85 and above in Araling Panlipunan in the First
semester of 2019-2020.
4. The contestants shall compete in two (2) segments.
5. The two (2) segments are as follows:
Segment 1: True or False will have 10 questions, each correct answer will be
given one (1) Point, and Multiple Choice- will have 10 questions, each correct answer
will be given one (1) Point. Total score of 20 points.
Segment 2: Fill-in-the Blanks or Completion will have 15 questions. Each
correct answer will be given 3 points. Total score is 45 points.
6. The total points for the Competition is 65.
7. The participants shall be seated in individual chairs with armrest. No coach shall be
allowed to enter the examination room or watch outside the room.
8. Each participants shall provide ¼ illustration board and eraser to be use in
answering the questions. Participants will write their answers on the blackside of the
illustration board.
9. For Segment 1, Participant will write the word True or False for the true or false
questions, and write the letter of the correct answer for the Multiple Choice questions.
Participants will be given 10 seconds to write their answer.
10. For Segment 2 , participants will be given 15 seconds to write down their answer.
Answers should be written in FULL, no abbreviatiosn or acronyms. Article and
prepositions should be correct. Answer with wrong spelling is considered WRONG. No
corrections on answer shall be made after 15 seconds.
11. Each question in Segment 1 and 2 will be read twice. After the quizmaster reads
the question the second time, he/she will sa”GO”, only then the participants will
write their answer. When the time is up. The Quizmaster will say “Markers up!”, the
participants will hold up their markers and show their answers. The Quizmaster will
read aloud the answer. The scorers will record the answers accordingly. Accumulative
score per participant will be announced by the Quizmaster after each round before
moving on the next segment.
12. The cumulative points earned by each participant in two segments shall be
tabulated. When results have been verified, it will be submitted to the Board and
announced accordingly by Quizmaster.
13.The Chairman of the Board of Judges shall declare the First, Second and Third Place
Winners. The First Place Winner per district shall represent in the Division
Competition.
14. In case of a tie, tie breaker question/s shall be asked until definite winner emerge.
15. Should there be questions or protest, the Board of Judges shall decide on the
matter.

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C. DIGITAL QUIZ (Digyital Kwiz)

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D. ON-THE-SPOT JINGLE WRITING AND SINGING CONTEST
1. This is open to all students from Junior Grade to Grade 11. There shall be one (1) contestant
per school.
2. Contestant shall be given one (1) hour to compose an original composition in English based on
the theme which shall be announced on the actual day of the event.
3. Contestant shall bring with him/her at least 5 sheets of yellow paper where the composition
shall be written. Contestant with composition irrelevant to the theme will be no longer ask to perform.
4. Compositions shall be collected by the contest managers after an hour for the distribution to
the Board of Judges.
5. Presentation should be in 2 to 3 minutes only to be performed in ACAPELLA.
6. Criteria for judging are as follows;
LYRICS (Relevance to the theme) - 50%
MUSICALITY (Execution/over-all performance) - 30%
ORIGINALITY (Creativity) - 20%
TOTAL - 100%
7. In case of tie in the first place, it shall be broken through drawing of lots. The decision of the
Board of Judges shall be final and unappealable.

E. POP DEV Debate

The event is a combination of argumentation and debate that is conducted in a round

table discussion. It enables the contestant to use critical analysis and deep reasoning about
the different issues that occur in the society. This also develops the ability of the students to
organizes his ideal promptly and logically.
Th event shall follow the rules and guidelines below.
1. There shall only be one (1) contestant/debater from each school. This event is open
to all Junior and Grade 11 students.
2. Each contestant shall wear “Corporate Attire”. Moreover, the contestants are
advised to bring their valid school ID during registration.
3. Contestants shall be assigned a number that will correspond to the number on the
judging sheet.
4. Topics to be debated shall revolve on the following issues:
a. Country’s foreign and economic policies
b. Environment
c. Gender and Society
d. Governance
e. Peace and order,
f. Population and reproductive health
g. Other current /contemporary issues
5. The debater is required to use the English Language as medium except for
terminologies on certain topics that are only stated in Filipino.
6. The Debate will consist of two rounds.

ROUND (1) ONE:

A. The order of the debater will be determined by draw lots. Each debater shall be
given a maximum 3 minutes to deliver his/her speech on the topic drawn.
B. After the discourse of the first contestant/debater, the second debater will
interpolate on the speech of the first debater. The questions for the interpolation will
be focused on the arguments of the opponent. Categorical questions will be allowed
(Answerable by yes or no), however, the responder may choose to qualify or not
his/her answer. A total of five (5) minutes shall be allotted to other contestants to ask
their clarification, rebuttal and other questions.
C. The second contestant will also give his/her speech on the topic, the third debater
will be asking questions to debater 2, debater 3 will be asked by debater 4, and so on.

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 ROUND 2:

D. After the first round only top 4 debaters will be chosen to the second round. There
will be draw lots to determine the order of the debaters. Same rule and processes from
the round one will be applied.
E. A new topic for the debate will be given on the second round.
F. Prompting and coaching during the duration of the debate shall be strictly
prohibited. Likewise cheering and making unnecessary noise are strictly not allowed.

CRITERIA FOR JUDGING

Total = 100%
G. The decision of the Board of Judges shall be final.

Declaration of Winners

Only one contestant per district will represent in the Division Patiribayan sa Araling Lipunan

Disqualification of Contestant
Any violation of the contest rules by any contestant may cause disqualification of the
concerned contestant.

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 RECOMMENDED ENTRY FORM

Please detach this form

2019 DISTRICT PATIRIBAYAN IN ARALING PANLIPUNAN

November 27, 2019
Bagacay National High School
Bagacay, Tinambac Camarines Sur

ENTRY FORM
Name of School: _________________________________________

Name of Contestant Event Coach

Submitted by: Date Submitted: __________________

____________________________ Amt./Reg. Fee: ___________________

Received by: ________________________

(Please prepare two copies)

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