The Palarong Pambansa

The Palarong Pambansa is an annual National Scholastic Competition conducted by the Department of Education in coordination with the host City or Provincial Government with other agencies and the private sectors. Participants are student athletes from elementary and secondary levels both public and private schools.

There are seventeen Regional Athletic Delegations participating in 17 sports disciplines, categorized as elementary boys and girls division and secondary boys and girls division. The sport event is presented in the attached annexes.

The venue of the Palarong Pambansa is rotated on equitable basis applying the cycle of Luzon-Visayas and Luzon-Mindanao.

Preliminary meets are undertaken as pre-requisites for individual and team athletes to qualify from one level to the next higher level of competition. The process of selection and elimination starts with school intramurals at the early part of the school year. Outstanding players and winners in each school are selected to represent the school in the next higher level of competition which is the district meets in a municipality. The process is repeated and continues to the provincial or city meets then to regional meets and finally culminates in the national games known as the PALARONG PAMBANSA.

The games of the Palarong Pambansa are conducted to have a valid and universal basis for determining the interscholastic champion in each sport events being promoted.

The Palaro also serves as a medium for the total and balance development of students, and also as a feeder to colleges and universities as well as to the different National Association. Outstanding performers are recruited and given scholarship and further training to represent the country in various international sport competitions.

Specifically the objectives & Palarong Pambansa are:

1. Promote sports to develop the physical fitness and health of student.

2. Provide opportunities for participation in a well manage sport competition in order to foster self-discipline, teamwork, excellence and other values inherent in the practice of sport.

3. Educate student through sport in the spirit of better understanding to help build a strong, healthy and peaceful Filipinos.

4. Determine the champion in different sports event and to identify and train talented athletes for international participation.

The legal basis of the Palarong Pambansa is stipulated in the provision of the 1987 Philippine Constitution Article XIV, Section 19.

The Palaro was first implemented in 1948 and was called BPSIAA meet or Bureau of Public Schools Interscholastic Athletic Association meets, then was changed to Palarong Pambansa in 1974. The list of host/venues for the games is presented as follows:

VENUES /HOST OF THE PALARONG PAMBANSA

BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS INTERCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (BPSIAA)

YEAR	EDITION	PLACE HOST	YEAR	EDITION	PLACE/HOST
1948	1ST	Manila	1961	13th	Cavite City
1949	2nd	Tuguegarao, Cagayan	1962	14th	Ozamis Oriental
1950	3rd	Davao City	1963	15th	Roxas City
1951	4th	Cavite City	1964	16th	Pasig, Rizal
1952	5th	Legaspi City	1965	17th	Tacloban City
1953	6th	Vigan . Ilocos Sur	1966	18th	Quezon City
1954	7th	Cebu City	1967	19th	Laoag City
1955	8th	Ilo Ilo City	1968	20th	Zambaonga City
1956	9th	Batangas City	1969	21st	Pili, Camarines Sur
1957		Cancelled(Pres. Magsaysay’s Death	1970	22nd	Surigao
1958	10th	Tagbilaran Bohol	1971	23rd	Cagayan de Oro
1959	11th	Lingayen, Pangasina	1972		Cancelled (declaration of martial law)
1960	12th	Manila	1973	24th	Vigan, Ilocos Sur

BPSIAA MEETS WAS CHANGED TO PALARONG PAMBANSA

YEAR	EDITION	PLACE HOST	YEAR	EDITION	PLACE/HOST
1974	25th	Bacolod City	1993	39th	Ilagan, Isabela
1975	26th	Vigan, Ilocos Sur	1994	40th	Cebu City
1976	27th	Lucena City	1995	41st	Lingayen, Pangasinan
1977	28th	Cagayan de Oro City	1996	42nd	Socsargen (south Cotabato) Sangani and General Santos
1978	29th	Cagayan de Oro City	1997	43rd	Camarines Sur Naga
1979	30th	Bacolod City	1998	44th	Bacolod City (Centennial Palaro)
1980		Cancelled (substituted by Palarong Bagong Lipunan MYSD- Rodriguez Sports Center, Marikina)	1999		Cancelled
1981	31st	Tuguegarao, Cagayan	2000	45th	C|Bacolod City (Millenium Palaro)
1982	32nd	Dipolog City	2001		Cancelled
1983	33th	Tacloban City	2002	46th	NagaCity
1984		Cancelled	2003	47th	Lanao DelNOrte
1985		Cancelled	2004		Cancelled
1986		Cancellled	2005	48th	Iloilo City
1987		Cancelled	2006	49th	Naga City
1988	34th	Cagayan de Oro City	2007	50th	Koronadal, South Cotabato
1989	35th	Lucena City	2008	51st	Puerto Prinsesa City
1990	36th	San Fernando, Pampanga	2009	52nd	Tacloban City
1991	37th	Iloilo City	2010	53rd	Tarlac Province
1992	38th	Zamboanga City