To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Division/City Superintendents
Heads, Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools
All Others Concerned

1. To support the implementation of Grades 1 to 10 of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC), the Department of Education (DepEd), through the Bureau of Elementary Education (BEE) and Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE) provides the guidelines on the selection of honor pupils and students contained in the following enclosures for reference:
   Enclosure No. 1 – Guidelines on the Selection of Honor Pupils/Students of Grades 1 to 10 of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum;
   Enclosure No. 2 – Sample Report Card (Elementary and Secondary; and
   Enclosure No. 3 – Procedure in Ranking Honor Pupils and Students.
2. The enclosed guidelines shall be implemented starting School Year (SY) 2012- 2013 for Grades 1 and 7.
3. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

Encls.: As stated
References: DepEd Order: Nos.: 45, s. 2007; 79 and 92, s. 2009; 23 and 31, s. 2012

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:
CURRICULUM
RATING
POLICY
STUDENTS
PUPILS

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