The new grading system the Department of Education has caused a lot of controversies to honor students and their families who are patronizing Public Schools. The grade computation of 7-3, seven for Academics and three for the co-curricular activities.
Before, the grade is computed just by getting the average of the exams, project and quizzes and the points of extra-curricular activities. Now, there is this "ranking" happening in two aspects namely: academic and extra-curricular. DepEd says, as I read in the Circular, that there can also be a ranking per subject, but not required (DepEd Order No. 74 Enclosure No.1.) The most common practice is - teachers chose to award the best students in every subject by giving them "Best in Subject" ribbon aside from their over-all ranking medal.
The academic grades average of the top 10 students (who do not have a grade of below 85) are ranked. Here is how the grades are computed in ranking (just a sample in Academics/names are just for example purposes):
Candidate for Honors
|
Average
|
Rank
|
x 7
|
Capisonda, Jewel May
|
89.750
|
8
|
56
|
Cruz, Zandra Angel
|
91.607
|
5
|
35
|
Espedillon, Sabdiel
|
92.568
|
2
|
14
|
Mauricio, Angel May
|
88.348
|
9
|
63
|
Macadangdang, Carlo
|
90.203
|
7
|
49
|
Sarne, Zyril Louise
|
91.610
|
6
|
42
|
Sotero, Carla
|
94.320
|
1
|
7
|
Tolentino, Charmee France
|
92.158
|
4
|
28
|
Vergara, Maymay
|
92.465
|
3
|
21
|
Zaide, Clyde
|
86.782
|
10
|
70
|
The ranks are multiplied to the
fixed/invariable factor 7 = the weight given to academics out of 10 as total
base. As it is seen, the higher the
equivalent, the lower its rank. The
lowest equivalent is ranked to be the 1st honor in academics.
