The Philippine Science High School (PSHS) has issued the list of candidates who qualified during the initial stage of its admission screening for the School Year 2023-2024.

“A total of 3,843 elementary students made it as Stage 1 qualifiers,” the PSHS said in a statement on Sunday, Nov. 27.
The list of those who made it in the first round of screening can be seen through the PSHS’ official website at https://www.pshs.edu.ph/.
“The qualifiers will receive an email containing instructions for the briefing of examinees on December 2, 2022 via Zoom Meetings. The meeting link will be sent to the qualifier’s email address on or before December 1, 2022,” the PSHS said.
“Stage 1 qualifiers are reminded to check the spam folder of the email address they used in applying for RACE (Requirements for Admission, Criteria, and Evaluation),” it added.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the country’s premier science high school has implemented RACE “in lieu of its annual National Competitive Examination (NCE) where applicants of Pisay scholarship usually take an aptitude test composed of mathematics, science, language proficiency, and abstract reasoning,” the PSHS said.
“RACE is an alternative mode of admission to PSHS to help prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus to thousands of students who gather in testing sites nationwide,” it said.
“The selection procedure is composed of two stages: determining the applicant’s predicted NCE grade, which is based on final grades in science and mathematics in Grade 5, and combining accumulated scores from the applicant’s academic rank at the end of Grade 5; and reviewing the applicant’s personal essay on a particular topic,” it added.