DepEd Memorandum No. 068, s. 2023
National Science and Technology Fair for School Year 2023-2024
NOV 16 2023
DepEd MEMORANDUM
No. 068, s. 2023
NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2023-2024
To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Minister, Basic, Higher, and Technical Education, BARMM
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Public Elementary and Secondary School Heads
All Others Concerned
1. The Department of Education (DepEd) deeply values the Science and Technology Fair's pivotal role in shaping the learners' holistic development. This event integrates the cultivation of crucial research skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and the stimulation of innovation and creativity. These competencies not only propel academic success but also prepare the students for excellence in their future academic pursuits and careers. The theme, Rebuilding Resilient Communities: Embracing Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future, reinforces the Department's commitment to these objectives.
2. DepEd announces the conduct of the National Science and Technology Fair (NSTF) for School Year (SY) 2023-2024 from March 11 to 15, 2024 at a venue to be announced later. The conduct of regional Science and Technology Fair (STF) shall be held from November to December 2023.
3. The official participants from each region at the National Level Science and Technology Fair shall only be the Rank 1 Regional Winners in each category whose entries have been approved by the national-level Scientific Review Committee (SRC). Substitutes shall not be allowed. The description and the maximum number of official participants are the following
Maximum Number of Student Participants per Region | |
LIS Science Category (4) | |
Individual | 1 |
Team | Maximum of 3 |
Physical Science Category (4) | |
Individual | 1 |
Team | Maximum of 3 |
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Category (4) | |
Individual | 1 |
Team | Maximum of 3 |
Mathematics and Computational Science Category (4) | |
Individual | 1 |
Team | Maximum of 3 |
National Science Innovation Expo (4) | |
Individual | 1 |
Team | Maximum of 3 |
Total | 20 |
4. The number of other Official Party members is as follows:
Maximum Number of Other Official Party per Region | |
Regional Director | 1 |
Assistant Regional Director | 1 |
Chief Education Supervisor | 1 |
Regional EPS-Science | 1 |
Regional EPS-Math | 1 |
Observers (one for every five student finalists) | 4* |
*Observer slots may be given to the research adviser/s of the student-finalist/s or Division Math/Science Education Program Supervisors.
5. The travel expenses of participants in the national level STF shall be charged to local funds or other sources; whereas, the expenses of the Central Office personnel, board and lodging of the Technical Working Group and official participants, materials, transportation, and communication relative to the activities, prizes, and cash awards, and honoraria of members of the SRC, Board of Judges (BOJ), and external or non-DepEd resource persons shall be charged to the Bureau of Curriculum Development (BCD) Fund, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
6. The guidelines, standards, parameters, and process stipulated in the School Science and Technology Fair (SSTF), Division Science and Technology Fair (DSTF), Regional Science and Technology Fair (RSTF), and National Science and Technology Fair (NSTF) Handbook shall guide student researchers, teachers, school heads, Division and Regional Math and Science Supervisors, Chief Education Program Supervisors, Schools Division Superintendents, and Regional Directors in implementing and organizing Science and Technology Fairs. It is strongly encouraged that the school-level STF be participated by all students.
7. Regional and Division Level Math and Science Supervisors or assigned Focal Persons under the Curriculum Learning Management Division and/or the Curriculum Implementation Division shall lead the conduct of the school, division, and regional level Science and Technology Fair respectively.
8. The Regional Math and Science Supervisors are requested to submit to BCD, through the email address nstf@:deped.gov.ph, the reports using the format found in the handbook on or before December 20, 2023. Failure to submit the report and projects on time shall disqualify the region from participating in the national fair.
9. For more information, please contact the Bureau of Curriculum Development-Curriculum Standards Development Division, 3rd Floor Bonifacio Building, DepEd Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at bcd.od@deped.gov.ph or telephone number at (02) 8632-7746.
10. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.
By Authority of the Secretary:
(SGD) GINA O. GONONG
Undersecretary
Reference:
DepEd Memorandum No. 038, s. 2022
To be indicated in the Perpetual Index
under the following subjects:
CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS
CONTESTS
LEARNERS
LEARNING AREA, SCIENCE
SCHOOLS
STUDENTS
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