ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider DOST: Only 19 graduating Pisay scholars accept admission offers from prestigious universities abroad

DOST: Only 19 graduating Pisay scholars accept admission offers from prestigious universities abroad

Published Jun 5, 2021 11:10 am

Only 19 graduating scholars of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) System have accepted admission offers from leading and prestigious universities abroad, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has disclosed.

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña signs all the diplomas of the 1,330 graduating students of Philippine Science High School (PSHS) System. (from DOST Secretary de la Pena’s Facebook account)

DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said a total of 81 PSHS graduates got offers of admission from 90 prestigious universities abroad, but only 19 or 23 percent gave in to such offers.

"A total of 81 graduates got admission from 90 prestigious universities abroad mostly with full scholarships, and 19 of them accepting the offer,” he said in a Facebook post on Friday night, June 4.

Last week, de la Peña, chairperson of the PSHS System Board of Trustees, said a total of 1,330 Grade 12 students from the PSHS are graduating for School Year (SY) 2020-2021. The number of graduating students is 98.08 percent of the 1,356 Grade 12 students in the 14 campuses of the PSHS System.

Related story: https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/29/1330-pisay-scholars-graduating-this-school-year-dost/

De la Peña shared how he found joy in signing all the diplomas of the PSHS’s graduating students.

"No matter how many the diplomas are and how time-consuming they can be, I have always enjoyed signing them personally. It feels good to know that my simple handwriting will forever be part of these papers that contribute significantly to the launching of promising careers in science and technology,” he said.

"Each student will receive a copy of diploma in English and Filipino, as has been the practice in the PSHS.”

He cited that Robert Nelson Leung of PSHS-Cordillera Administrative Region Campus received the highest general weighted average (GWA) at 1.03 from a grading system where 1.00 is the highest.

"A total of 49.55 percent of the graduates graduated with honors, one of the highest percentage of honor graduates in Pisay's history,” the DOST chief said.

Pisay's Class 2021 is the second graduating class to graduate in virtual ceremonies, de la Peña noted.

"This is also the batch that did not meet face-to-face for the entire school year,” he said.

"Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, this PSHS Class of 2021 made it with flying colors. Once again, congratulations!”

Related Tags

PISAY PSHS DE LA PEÑA ADMISSION OFFERS
ADVERTISEMENT
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1561_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1562_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1563_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}

{{ articles_filter_1564_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.mb-article-details { position: relative; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview, .mb-article-details .article-body-summary{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 30px; font-family: "Libre Caslon Text", serif; color: #000; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview iframe , .mb-article-details .article-body-summary iframe{ width: 100%; margin: auto; } .read-more-background { background: linear-gradient(180deg, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0) 13.75%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0.8) 30.79%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000) 72.5%); position: absolute; height: 200px; width: 100%; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; padding: 0; } .read-more-background a{ color: #000; } .read-more-btn { padding: 17px 45px; font-family: Inter; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid black; background-color: white; } .hidden { display: none; }
function initializeAllSwipers() { // Get all hidden inputs with cms_article_id document.querySelectorAll('[id^="cms_article_id_"]').forEach(function (input) { const cmsArticleId = input.value; const articleSelector = '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .body_images'; const swiperElement = document.querySelector(articleSelector); if (swiperElement && !swiperElement.classList.contains('swiper-initialized')) { new Swiper(articleSelector, { loop: true, pagination: false, navigation: { nextEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-next', prevEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-prev', }, }); } }); } setTimeout(initializeAllSwipers, 3000); const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const newUrl = entry.target.getAttribute("data-url"); if (newUrl) { history.pushState(null, null, newUrl); let article = entry.target; // Extract metadata const author = article.querySelector('.author-section').textContent.replace('By', '').trim(); const section = article.querySelector('.section-info ').textContent.replace(' ', ' '); const title = article.querySelector('.article-title h1').textContent; // Parse URL for Chartbeat path format const parsedUrl = new URL(newUrl, window.location.origin); const cleanUrl = parsedUrl.host + parsedUrl.pathname; // Update Chartbeat configuration if (typeof window._sf_async_config !== 'undefined') { window._sf_async_config.path = cleanUrl; window._sf_async_config.sections = section; window._sf_async_config.authors = author; } // Track virtual page view with Chartbeat if (typeof pSUPERFLY !== 'undefined' && typeof pSUPERFLY.virtualPage === 'function') { try { pSUPERFLY.virtualPage({ path: cleanUrl, title: title, sections: section, authors: author }); } catch (error) { console.error('ping error', error); } } // Optional: Update document title if (title && title !== document.title) { document.title = title; } } } }); }, { threshold: 0.1 } ); function showArticleBody(button) { const article = button.closest("article"); const summary = article.querySelector(".article-body-summary"); const body = article.querySelector(".article-body-preview"); const readMoreSection = article.querySelector(".read-more-background"); // Hide summary and read-more section summary.style.display = "none"; readMoreSection.style.display = "none"; // Show the full article body body.classList.remove("hidden"); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { let loadCount = 0; // Track how many times articles are loaded const offset = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; // Offset values const currentUrl = window.location.pathname.substring(1); let isLoading = false; // Prevent multiple calls if (!currentUrl) { console.log("Current URL is invalid."); return; } const sentinel = document.getElementById("load-more-sentinel"); if (!sentinel) { console.log("Sentinel element not found."); return; } function isSentinelVisible() { const rect = sentinel.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top < window.innerHeight && rect.bottom >= 0 ); } function onScroll() { if (isLoading) return; if (isSentinelVisible()) { if (loadCount >= offset.length) { console.log("Maximum load attempts reached."); window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll); return; } isLoading = true; const currentOffset = offset[loadCount]; window.loadMoreItems().then(() => { let article = document.querySelector('#widget_1690 > div:nth-last-of-type(2) article'); intersectionObserver.observe(article) loadCount++; }).catch(error => { console.error("Error loading more items:", error); }).finally(() => { isLoading = false; }); } } window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll); });
Join Our Newsletters

Sign up by email to receive news.

© 2025 Manila Bulletin The Nation's Leading Newspaper. All Rights Reserved.