Regional Science High School for Region IX

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Regional Science High School for Region IX (Network of Philippine Public Regional and National Science High Schools) Mataas na Paaralan ng Agham Panrehiyon ng Rehiyon IX
Location
Zamboanga City , Zamboanga del Sur Philippines
Coordinates	6°55′57″N 122°03′09″E / 6.9326°N 122.0526°E / 6.9326; 122.0526Coordinates: 6°55′57″N 122°03′09″E / 6.9326°N 122.0526°E / 6.9326; 122.0526
Information
Former names	Zamboanga National High School Main-RSHS Annex
Type	Science High School
Motto	Scientia et Virtus (Knowledge and Virtue)
Established	1994
Principal	Arlindela Enriquez-Ramirez
Language	English, Filipino
Campus	Malasiga, San Roque, Zamboanga City
Color(s)	Green and yellow
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:

• A final grade of 85% in English, Science and Mathematics
• A final grade of 83% in all other learning areas, and
• A weighted average of at least 85%.

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]

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