BANGUED, Abra (PIA) – Three students from different schools in Abra were selected as representatives of the province to the Regional Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) in Baguio City.
Alynna Kayzie M. Lumaoig of the Divine Word College of Bangued(DWCB) is the 2024 PSQ provincial champion outwitting other competitors. In second place is Lyndolf Rafael T. Rodriguez of the University of Abra(UA) Lagangilang Campus while in third place is Matthew Jose M. Daya from the Data Center College of the Philippines-Bangued (DCCP).
The winners received P6,000 for the champion, P5,000 for the second place, and P4,000 for the third place.
The three winners will represent the province in the Regional PSQ on November 8, 2024. The winning coaches also received cash prizes. The other quiz bee participants went home with consolation tokens.
The Philippine Statistics Authority Abra-led PSQ Provincial Elimination on October 30, 2024 had seven competing students from the DWCB, UA Lagangilang and Bangued campuses, and the DCCP.
“The Philippine Statistics Quiz aims to assess the competency and skills of the students on statistics which are acquired from secondary education curriculum; and to promote, enhance, and instill awareness and appreciation on the importance and value of statistics among the students,” PSA-Abra Chief Statistical Specialist Felixberto Perdido stressed.
He added that the PSQ is also an avenue to increase public awareness and appreciation of statistics as an important part of development planning activities and to win public support for the government’s statistical activities.
The provincial elimination consisted of easy, medium, and hard rounds with ten questions each that tested the knowledge of the students on statistics. A clincher round was also held for the third place between Daya and Guirren of UA-Lagangilang.
The PSQ is part of the celebration of the 2024 National Statistics Month “Advancing Data and Statistics Through Digital Transformation: A Road to an Empowered Nation.” (JJPM, PIA-CAR, Abra)
