LPU-Cavite Places 5^th in the National Statistics Quiz

Robert Allan Buendia, a first-year Electronics Communication Engineering student of Lyceum of the Philippines University - Cavite, exhibited intellectual prowess and clinched the 5^th place in the National Statistics Office (NSO) 20^th Philippine Statistics Quiz held at the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Manila on December 6, 2011.

Buendia competed along with 16 other candidates coming from different regions of the Philippines. Prior to the national competition, a regional contest was held on November 17, 2011 in Lipa City where Buendia emerged champion of the Calabarzon Region. The champions of the regional contests - held simultaneously in the country - vied in the national contest. The other winners came from Ateneo de Zamboanga University (1^st place), University of thePhilippines, Iloilo (2^nd place), Xavier University, Cagayan (3^rd place) and Ateneo de Manila University (4^th place).

Competing students went through a tough screening before reaching the national level of the NSO Competition. In August of this year, a university-wide contest among college freshmen was held, and Buendia and Paulo Peñano, an Accountancy student emerged as top contenders among the other LPU students in our local elimination contest. They represented LPU-Cavite in another elimination round in which they were pitted against contestants from 42 universities and colleges in Cavite. The contests were held in First Cavite Industrial Estate, where Buendia and Peñano placed 2^nd and 3^rd, respectively. From there, they move on to represent the entire Cavite in the regional contest in Lipa City. Buendia, coming out as regional champion, represented the Calabarzon in the National Contest.

Buendia was coached by Ms. Lynette Perido, while Peñano was coached by Ms. Julie Grace Nipaz. Both coaches are faculty members of LPU-Cavite Engineering Department. (Irin Malajito)