TRECE MARTIRES CITY — To continuously uphold the importance of campus journalism and sustain its advocacy on social and environmental awareness, the Department of Education (DepEd) Cavite has scheduled its 2018 Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC) on Aug. 16-17 in this city and Aug. 23-24 in Tanza.
DepEd’s annual schools press conference provides a venue for campus student journalists to compete either individually oras a group in writing, photo, broadcasting, editorial and cartooning skills.
In her DepEd Division Memorandum released Friday, Cavite School Division Superintendent Cherrylou D. Repia said the staging of the event is pursuant to Republic Act 7079, also known as the Campus Journalism Act. It aims to provide a venue for enriching learning experience, promote responsible journalism and ethical use of social media, as well as enhance the students’ journalistic skills through healthy and friendly competitions.
Repia said the individual competition categories will be held on Aug. 16-17 at the Osorio National High School here while the group categories will be held from Aug. 23-24 in Tanza, the venue of which will be announced soon.
These events will be implemented through the DepEd-Cavite Curriculum Implementation Division (CID), in cooperation with the Educational Media Administrators Association of Cavite (EMAAC), Cavite Province Association of Elementary School Paper Advisers (CPAESPA) and the Cavite Province Association of Secondary School Papers Advisers (CPASSPA).
Under the individual categories, students compete in various contests like news, feature, editorial and sports writing; as well as copyreading and headline writing plus science and technology (S&T) writing; photojournalism, editorial cartooning and column writing.
On the other hand, the group contests include radio script writing and broadcasting, collaborative and desktop publishing, TV scriptwriting and broadcasting (for secondary level).
Repia explained that the participation in the contest is a pre-requisite “before they (student/pupil delegates from public and private schools with existing school papers) can join the Regional School Press Conference.”
Pre-registration is available starting Friday (for the individual contests) and Aug. 17 (for the group category) at Osorio National High School here.
Each student-delegate must bring 1×1-picture for the DSPC ID and must submit four copies of Accomplished Registration Form. There is also a registration fee of PHP250 to cover for the honorarium of speakers and other administrative expenses.
An annual membership fee of PHP20 for each student-delegate and PHP10 for teacher-adviser shall also be paid.
Participants from private schools are advised to make the necessary arrangements with their institutions and all participating students must provide for their own provision for food during the event. (Gladys Pino/PNA)
