A Brief History of the National Schools Press Conference 2. Section 2: Legal Bases of the National Schools Press Conference
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Part I: Background 1. Section 1: A Brief History of the National Schools Press Conference 2. Section 2: Legal Bases of the National Schools Press Conference Part II: Mission, Vision, Direction and Standards 1. Section 1: Mission & Vision of the NSPC 2. Section 2: Strategic Direction and Goals of the NSPC Part III: Terms of Reference and Accountability 1. Section 1: Technical Working Groups (TWG) 1.1 National 1.2 Regional 2. Section 2: The Regional Director and Supervisors in charge 3. Section 3: The Schools Division Superintendent and Supervisor 4. Section 4: The School Head/Administrator and The School Publication Adviser Part IV: Selection of Host 1. Section 1: Criteria of the NSPC Host Region 2. Section 2: Procedure in Becoming a host Part V. Conduct of the Competition: Contest Guidelines, Mechanics and Scoring System 1. Section 1: Guidelines for the National Group Contests 1.1. Print and E-document 1.2. Radio Script Writing and Broadcasting 1.3. Collaborative Publishing 1.4. E-Publication and others (TV Documentary???) 2. Section 2: Guidelines for the National Individual Contests 2.1 News Writing 2.2 Editorial Writing 2.3 Feature Writing 2.4 Sports Writing 2.5 Science and Health Writing 2.6 Copy Reading and Headline Writing 2.7 Editorial Cartooning 2.8 Photojournalism 3. Section 3: Qualification of Management Personnel and Guidelines for the Selection of Judges 4. Section 4: Scoring System 3.1 Over-all 3.2 Group 3.3 Individual Manual of Operations National Schools Press Conference Page - 1 - Part VI: Teaching and Training 1. Section 1: School-based 2. Section 2: District and Division Levels 3. Section 3: Regional Level 4. Section 4: National Training of School Paper Advisers Part VII: Awards and Scholarships 1. Section 1: Guidelines in the Selection of the Members of the Board of Judges 2. Section 2: Guidelines in the Selection of the Members of the Evaluation Committee for the Outstanding School Paper Adviser and Campus Journalist 3. Section 3: National Search for the Outstanding Campus Journalists and Publication Adviser Part VIII: Finances 1. Section 1: Campus Journalism Funds 2. Section 2: Regional Schools Press Conference and Training Subsidies and Accountabilities 3. Section 3: Training and Press Conferences’ Registration Fees 4. Section 4: Financial Reporting Part IX: Institution, Agency and Organization Linkages 1. Section 1: School Paper Advisers’ Associations 2. Section 2: National Campus Editors’ Guild 3. Section 3: Other Governmental Organizations (GOs) 4. Section 4: Other Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Part X: Monitoring and Evaluation Part XI: School Paper/Publication Adviser Appendices RA 7079 or the Campus Journalism Act of 1991 DepEd Order No. 94, s. 1992 or the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 7079 DepEd Order No. 47 s. 2010 or the Guidelines on Financial Subsidy for the conduct of the national Schools Press Conference DepEd Memo No. 149, s. 2011 or Career Pathways for High School Students DepEd Order No. 46, s. 2012 or Policy Guidelines on the Implementation of Special Curricular Programs at the Secondary Level Manual of Operations National Schools Press Conference Page - 2 - Part I: Background Section 1: A Brief History of the National Schools Press Conference In 1911, the first secondary campus paper, The Coconut of Manila High School (now Araullo High School) was published but it was only in 1923 when La Union High School’s La Union Tab became the first secondary campus paper that came out regularly. From then on, more school publications all over countrywere coming out and a need to hold a conference for teachers and students in order to standardize the style and teaching of journalism and school publication management strengthened. The Philippine Secondary Schools Press Conference(PSSPC) was first organized in December 1931 in Pasig—then a province of Rizal. It was spearheaded byMr. Ricardo Castro, then Principal of Rizal High School. It featured various on-the-spot writing contests like legend writing, editorial writing, sports writing, features, news and interview. They also had a spelling contest then. Group contest was also part of the competition where the best sections of each school paper were evaluated. During this time, the Tagalog Section was just part of the English publication. Competition stopped at the start of the 2ndWorld War. In 1948-1949, the NSSPC resumed, but the legend writing and spelling contest were replaced by copy reading and headline writing. For the private and state-owned high schools, 1969 was an exciting year because it was during this time when NSSPC opened its doors for them. At the same time, a change in the newspaper contest happened. The newspaper competitionwas divided into three different brackets based on the school population and the schools’ consistency of performance in the competition. Manual of Operations National Schools Press Conference Page - 3 - During Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos’ New Society Years, Development Communication Writing and Section was introduced to help promote the programs of the schools and the government. Part of the highlights of this annual event is the cultural presentation prepared by the host region and the Search for the Ms. NSSPC where the most beautiful journalism contestants of each region compete. The National Schools Press Conference is one of the few, if not the only national competition which started from the grass roots that grew in prestige and popularity and have eventually been adopted by the Department of Education as part of its national program to fulfill its mandate to promote campus journalism in all schools both public and private. The Campus Journalism Act of 1991 It was in the early years of Corazon Aquino’s administration when a move to gain government support and legal recognition for the Annual Competition came in full swing. The school publication advisers sought ways to fulfill that dream. RA 7079 partly owed its existence because of the perseverance of the school paper advisers headed by Mrs. Elisa Palma, then President of the National School Paper Advisers Association and adviser of “Silahis” of Ramon Magsaysay High School-Manila. They were advised by Ms. Elena Q. Tanodra, then Chief of the Educational Information Division, Technical Service of the Department to propose a bill on campus journalism. After the death of Ms. Palma, Mrs. Cristina Cabuhat, her successor, together with other officers of the association, took on the cudgel and lobby in Congress to gain support for the bill. They were fortunate to be backed by of Representatives Hilario de Pedro III, Congressman of the Second District of South Cotabato; ConradoEstrella III of the 6th District of Pangasinan, Amado Bagatsing of the 5th District of Manila and Butch Abad of the Lone District of Batanes. It was in the 1989 NSSPC when Representative de Pedro announced the bills approval at the Lower House. In the Senate, Senator WigbertoTañada sponsored the bill which eventually was signed into law on July 5, 1991 by then Pres. Corazon C. Aquino. NSSPC to NSPC While in the 1990s, the criteria for the group contest bracketing were now based on the number of pages--- Bracket A publications with 16 to 20 pages; Bracket B publication with 12 to 8 pages and Bracket C for school paper printed in mimeograph or ordinary computerized/mimiograph printing. The first time outstanding school paper advisers were recognized in the NSSPC was in Naga in 1992. In 1995, NSSPC officially became National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) for this was first time the elementary students joined the competition. The first NSPC was held in Malolos, Bulacan. This was also the final year the Technical Services Division handled the annual event and the management of the competition was transferred to the two Bureaus (BSE and BEE). Radio Script Writing and Broadcasting was also introduced in the group competition. It was also in this year when the number of winners in all on- the-spot-writing and photojournalism were trimmed down from ten to seven. Manual of Operations National Schools Press Conference Page - 4 - During the December 1996 NSPC hosted by Victorias, Negros Occidental, only the top three winners in the regional press conferences were allowed to attend. This was the last time the NSPC was held in December 1998 with Tangub City, Misamis Occidental as host. In 1999, during the Ilagan, Isabela NSPC, the top seven regional winners in the individual contests were allowed to take part in the Nationals.The following school year, the NSPC was returned to February. This NSPC also marked the first time that the rule on maximum number of pages (20) was imposed in the group (newspaper) contest. In February 2000, after the Tacloban NSPC In 2001, DepEd imposed the first regional screening for the school paper competitions. Thus only the top 15 in brackets A and B were delivered to the Central Office for the NSPC Screening. Oddly, a controversy erupted after the DepEd “strictly” imposed the 12” x 18” rule for the school paper contests, and eliminated the entries that followed the international tabloid size of 11” x 17”. In 2002, the General Santos NSPC, the rule allowing only the top 3 winners was reinstated. In 2003, during the NSPC hosted by LapuLapu City in Cebu, the top 7 winners in the regionals were allowed again to participate in the nationals. This marks the first time the group version of the broadcasting event was held with the hosts winning the top prize. In 2004, during the NSPC hosted by Sta. Cruz, Laguna, the first desktop publishing contest was offered as a special event. In 2005, during the Surigao NSPC, the magic number of individual qualifiers was returned to the top 3 regional winners. 2006 Kalibo NSPC Only top 7 winners in the group contest were declared.