QNHS' Special Program in Journalism - SPJ

PROGRAM/COURSE DESCRIPTION
The program is a four-year course in journalism at the secondary level designed to develop the students’ skills in mass communication using print, broadcast and online media. Its main focus is primarily to engage the learners in the different activities to hone their journalistic skills in writing, drawing, page layout and design, school paper and yearbook production, broadcasting (radio and television), photography and desktop publishing.

LEGAL BASIS:
Section 2 of RA 7079 also known as CAMPUS JOURNALISM ACT OF 1991:

“It is the declared policy of the State to uphold and protect the freedom of the press even at the campus level and to promote the development and growth of campus journalism as a means of strengthening ethical values, encouraging critical and creative thinking, and developing moral character and personal discipline of the Filipino youth. In furtherance of this policy, the State shall undertake various programs and projects aimed at improving the journalistic skills of students concerned and promoting responsible and free journalism.”

Rule 2, Section 2 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of CJA of 1991:

“It has been declared a State policy to uphold and protect the freedom of the press even at the campus level and to promote the development and growth of campus journalism as a means of strengthening ethical values, encouraging critical and creative thinking, and developing moral character and personal discipline of the Filipino youth. In furtherance of this policy, the State shall undertake various programs and projects aimed at improving the journalistic skills of students concerned and promoting responsible and free journalism.”

“It is therefore, the duty of all officials of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), school/college/university heads, campus paper teacher advisers, and personnel involved in the campus journalism program in the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels of education to support and promote the campus journalism program policies and objectives under Republic Act No. 7079 and existing laws embodied as principles in the Constitution.

DepEd Memorandum No. 149 s. 2011, Career Pathways for High School Students

“2. The various curricular programs have been designed to enable students to understand their strengths, pursue their students interests, and develop their multiple intelligences. These special curricular programs which the school can offer include the following:
a. Special Program in the Arts (SPA);
b. Special Program in Sports (SPS);
c. Engineering and Science Education Program (ESEP) and Science and Technology (S&T);
d. Special Program in Journalism (SPJ);
e. Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL); and
f. Technical-Vocational (Tech-Voc) Education including the newly designed Career Pathways in Technology and Livelihood Education (CP-TLE).

“4. The role of the school is to provide opportunities to discover their passion and pursue it through the different students’ clubs which will be serve as helpful venues for them to explore, hone, enrich and exhibit their crafts. Thus, the schools are encouraged to offer any of the aforementioned special curricular programs on top of the core curriculum.”