Regional Science High School for Region IX

Regional Science High School for Region IX
Mataas na Paaralan ng Agham Panrehiyon ng Rehiyon IX

Regional Science High School IX
Latin: Regionalium Scientia Alta Schola
Former names
 Zamboanga National High School Main-RSHS Annex
Motto Scientia Et Virtus
Motto in English
 "Knowledge And Virtue"
Established 1994
Type Science High School
Principal Dr. Lutchi Castelo-Rimando
Location Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Surl,  Philippines
6°55′57″N 122°03′09″E / 6.932631°N 122.052596°ECoordinates: 6°55′57″N 122°03′09″E / 6.932631°N 122.052596°E
Campus Malasiga, San Roque, Zamboanga City
Language English, Filipino
Colors Blue and White         
Nickname RSHS, RegSci
Affiliations Division of City Schools - Zamboanga
Regional Science High School Union

The Regional Science High School for Region IX (formerly Zamboanga City NHS Main-RSHS) is a public secondary science school supervised by the Philippine Department of Education, and it is part of the Regional Science High School Union. It is located in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, Philippines. The school offers scholarships to Filipino students who are gifted in the sciences and mathematics. Admission to the school is by competitive examination only, and only Filipino citizens are eligible to attend. Graduates of the school are bound by law to major in the pure and applied sciences, mathematics, or engineering upon entering college.

Admission

Students who belong to upper 10% of the Grade 6 graduating class, recommended by their respective principals are qualified to take the entrance exam.

To acquire an entrance examination form, examinees should have:

Students should maintain a grade of 85 for major subjects and 83 in minor subjects. If a student fails to meet this requirement, he or she would be put under probation for the following year. If the student still fails to meet the requirements he or she will be due to disqualification, hence, he or she is to transfer to another school by the end of the school year.

Curriculum

The school is following the new curriculum by the Department of Education, the Enhanced K to 12 Curriculum, as of the school year 2012-2013 and Curricula of English, Science and Mathematics shall be enriched by additional subjects and electives prescribed in DepEd Order no. 49, s. 2003. [1]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bse.ph/index.php/component/content/article/34-mandate/160-rshs.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)