MANILA, Philippines - The search for the Kabayan Ten Outstanding Public School (TOPS) students for 2012-2013 is on, with the search committee ready to accept nominations, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced.
The awards, consisting of Academic Excellence and Exemplary Leadership categories, are open to all currently enrolled fourth year public high school students nationwide.
The awards will give recognition to public high school students who, despite facing challenging circumstances, have achieved success in academic work and student leadership.
Aside from medals, certificates and cash awards, the winners will also enjoy full college scholarship in participating schools, including the payment of miscellaneous fees plus a monthly allowance during the entire duration of the college course.
For the Kabayan Academic Excellence Awards, there will be four winners, one each from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and the National Capital Region.
There will also be four winners in the Kabayan Exemplary Leadership Award, one each from the four major regions.
There will also be two winners for the Kabayan Special Achievement Award that would be chosen by the national level search committee from among the 40 national finalists who passed the school and division level searches.
The deadline for submission of nominations at the school level is Nov. 16, and Dec. 21 for the division level search.
The awarding ceremony is set on March 11, 2013.
The award is presented by the DepEd, Kabayan Noli de Castro Foundation Inc., SM Foundation, Inc., Rotary Club of Makati West, Rotary Club of Midtown Quezon City and JobsDB.com.
Inquiries may be emailed to kabayan.foundation@yahoo.com, scholarship@sm-foundation.org and cscaportal@gmail.com.