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What is ECON NO-MIX? 2

Schedule of Activities 3
Events

Students’ Convention 4
Teachers’ Convention 4
Debate 5
Digital Poster Making 5
Essay Writing 6
Idea Generation 6
Quiz Bee 7
Participation

Contestants 8
Advisers 9
Registration Process

School Reservation 10
Registration and Payment 11
General Mechanics and

Contingencies for the Competitions

Debate 14
Digital Poster Making 20
Essay Writing 24
Idea Generation 29
Quiz Bee 34
Prizes 42
Disclaimer 42
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Econ No-Mix is an annual economics convention that

aims to bring together high school students nationwide
in order to promote economics by introducing different
economic concepts in various fields through talks and
competitions. It is organized by the UP Organization of
Business Economics Majors.

After its first successful online edition last year, Econ-

“AMPLIFY: Channeling
No-Mix is back with the title
the Youth’s Role in Shaping the PH Political
Landscape”. This year’s Econ-No-Mix will focus on
public policies, with a particular focus on the various
ways in which youth can exercise their right to
participate in politics beyond voting, and how active
political participation can improve economic
outcomes. The talks and competitions will serve as an
avenue for the participants to learn about the state of
the Philippines’ political system and its relationship to
the economy, as well as encourage youth political
participation, all the while being linked to basic
economic concepts and applications that are evident
in everyday lives.
 Day 1: March 12, 2022 (Saturday)

TIME ACTIVITY PLATFORM

8 AM - 9 AM Preparation Time and ZOOM
Call Time for
Participants

Students’ Convention
9 AM - 12 NN Teachers’ Convention
ZOOM

12 NN - 1 PM Lunch Break

1 - 5 PM Debate Octofinals ZOOM

Essay Writing
Quiz Bee Eliminations

Day 1: March 13, 2022 (Sunday)

TIME ACTIVITY PLATFORM

8 AM - 9 AM Preparation Time and ZOOM
Call Time for
Participants

Debate Quarterfinals
9 AM - 12 NN and Semifinals
ZOOM

Idea Generation Finals

Quiz Bee Finals

12NN - 1 PM Lunch Break

1 PM - 3 PM Debate Finals ZOOM

3 PM - 4 PM Consolidation of
Winners
4 PM - 5 PM Awarding Ceremony ZOOM

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 The Students’ Convention is an annual, half-day
engagement of Econ No-Mix that exposes high school
students to industry leaders and movers of society. The event
demonstrates how active political participation has a
positive impact on economics, and it provides students with
insights through talks delivered by invited resource speakers.

Acknowledging the challenge of teaching as a very

abstract and theoretical discipline such as economics,
Econ No-Mix provides a half-day Teachers’ Workshop for all
high-school teachers and coaches of participating schools.
This year's workshop will also look at how teachers may
maximize their students' potential by involving them in
social and political issues. Through the teachers, the
workshop aims to equip high school students with critical
thinking skills that are essential both inside and outside the
four walls of a classroom.

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 The Asian Parliamentary Debate Competition tests the
critical thinking and communication skills of participating
students. Lasting for one and a half days, it aims to help in
developing the aforementioned skill sets through debate
topics relevant to both the overall theme of Econ No-Mix
and to issues currently faced by Philippine society.

The Digital Poster Making Competition demonstrates the

participants’ critical thinking and artistic skills. As Econ No-
Mix’s newest event, the final submission entries shall be
posted on Econ No-Mix’s official Facebook page to
showcase the youth’s ability to convey an impactful
message through visual arts.

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 The Essay Writing Competition showcases the writing
prowess of its participants and tests their critical thinking
skills along with their knowledge of economics. By
challenging students to create connections between
economic concepts and their competition theme, the event
hopes to instill a deeper understanding of economics and
its applications to real-life situations.

The Idea Generation Competition provides participating

students with real-world problems and asks them to come
up with concrete, feasible solutions in response to these
dilemmas. It serves as an avenue for participants to
showcase their creativity, innovativeness, and critical
thinking.

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 The Quiz Bee Competition tests its participants’
knowledge on a variety of economic fields:
macroeconomics, microeconomics, history of economics,
and current economic events. Lasting one and a half
days, it is one of the most competitive events in Econ No-
Mix, as teams from different schools vie for the top spot
in the competition.

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Any public or private high school can send at least:
One (1) student for the Essay Writing;
One (1) student for the Digital Poster Making
One (1) to two (2) students for Quiz Bee;
One (1) team composed of three (3) members in
the Debate Competition. Teams can be composed of
a mix between JHS and SHS students;
One (1) team composed of at least two (2) and at
most (3) members for the Idea Generation. Both
JHS and SHS can participate

must be bona fide junior and/or senior

Participants
high school students, at least Grade 9 in A.Y. 2021-
2022, of the school they are representing. Participants
shall be required to attach their school IDs or any proof
of enrollment for verification.

Both JHS and SHS can participate in all

competitions. Schools are encouraged to send students
who are currently taking or have already taken at least
one (1) economics subject.

dress comfortably during synchronous

Participants must
competitions. However, contestants for Debate
Competition should be in business casual attire.
Each student is allowed to participate in one (1)
contest only. Participants are ealso ncouraged to enter
the room at least ten (10) minutes before the start of
every contest.

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Participation in the aforementioned competitions
automatically means that the participants allow the Econ
No-Mix 2022 OB to responsibly use their outputs for
documentation. To ensure that, participants will be
asked to sign a waiver.
TheZoom details for each competition will be released
at least one (1) day before the official event.
Participants will be informed through a Facebook post in
the official Econ No-Mix 2022 Facebook group.

Each participating school is allowed to send a maximum

of two (2) advisers.
The advisers must be a faculty member of their
participating school supported by proper documentation.
Aside from the contestant,only the advisers may be the
only representative of the school who can file protests
or complaints to the board of judges, if appropriate.
The advisers shall be the only representatives of the
school who shall participate in decision-making regarding
special cases.

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A teacher-in-charge must first show their intent to
participate by filling out the reservation form (see the
corresponding links below). Due to the potential
reservations shall be
massive influx of participants,
made on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED basis and
per island group. However, ensure your participation
first before filing for a reservation.

The Reservation Form Links are as follows:

Luzon - https://bit.ly/ENM22ReservationLuzon
Visayas -
https://bit.ly/ENM22ReservationVisayas
Mindanao -
https://bit.ly/ENM22ReservationMindanao
After signing up, wait for a confirmation message from
a School Relations officer to acknowledge and accept
All communications shall be made
your reservation.
using the email address that you will provide;
hence, make sure that your contact details are correct,
complete, and active.

Participating schools may reserve their slots until

February 18, 2022. However, the reservation form will
be closed as soon as the quota of the participants is
reached.

For the time being, prepare and complete the names

of your participants and their corresponding adviser/s.

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Only schools that have reserved their slots shall be
allowed to Acknowledged
register. reservation
guarantees registration.
Schools that have reserved their slots may fill out the
registration form that will be sent to the email address
they provided in their reservation. The form will be
open until February 25, 2022.
They shall be asked to provide the following information:
Name of school
Contact information
Competitions to be joined
Names of participating students for each
competition
Names of participating teachers
Copy of school IDs or any proof of enrollment
(e.g. report card)
Wait for a confirmation message from a School
Relations officer to acknowledge your registration. This
shall include billing information and payment details.

Registration PHP 100 (one hundered pesos) per

is
participant. Payments shall be made on a
group/school basis. Once payment is confirmed, you
will receive a final confirmation email. All contestants
and participants shall then be invited to a private
Facebook Group for announcements and further
communication.

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 You are not required to send participants to all
competitions.

During reservation, you are not yet required to submit the

Only the types of
names of your participants.
competitions you will be joining and the corresponding
number of participants must be finalized during this
stage.

You are only allowed to send a maximum of ten (10)

students and two (2) advisers.

For further inquiries about the registration process, you

may contact:

Samantha Seno| 0917 492 5405

schoolrelations.economix@gmail.com

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GENERAL
01 The Debate Competition shall be a group competition, with each
team comprising three (3) members.
no junior high school (JHS) and senior high school
02 There shall be
(SHS) categories for the debate competition; meaning, JHS, and
SHS participants may compete against each other. As such,
institutions may send teams that have participants from both JHS and
SHS levels.

first twenty-four (24) teams

03 Only the
compete.
to register shall be allowed to

Each school is only allowed to register a maximum of two (2)

04 teams. However, the first team that the School registers shall be
prioritized, while the second team shall be included in the Waitlist.

Any team in excess of twenty-four (24) shall be included in the

05 waitlist.
The Debate Competition shall be held onMarch 12, 2022, from 1:00
06 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on March 13, 2022, from 09:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. via Zoom Call.
required to be in the Zoom call 5 minutes
Participating teams are
07 after the start of the preparation period for the competition.
Otherwise, they shall be automatically disqualified.

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 Zoom/Discord are
08 Electronic devices for any purpose other than
prohibited during the Debate Proper, use of such will count as
instant disqualification.

all participants' videos must be turned

09 During the Debate proper,
on, and their audio shall be muted unless it is their turn to speak
or allowed by the adjudicator.

1O The Debate Competition Head, with the advice and consent of

the Director for Events and/or Convener, has the final authority on
all matters pertaining to the Debate Competition, unless otherwise
stated.

FORMAT
Asian Parliamentary
01 The
format.
Debate Competition shall follow the

In each room, there shall be two (2) teams competing against

02 each other, with one (1) team representing the Government and
the other representing the Opposition.

2.1 (1)
For the Government side, the constructive speakers are the
Prime Minister, the (2) Deputy Prime Minister, and the (3)
Government Whip.

2.2 On the Opposition side, the constructive speakers are the

(1) Leader of Opposition, the (2) Deputy Leader of
Opposition, and the (3) Opposition Whip.

2.3 The reply speakers for the Government shall either be the
Prime Minister or the Deputy Prime Minister. On the other
hand, the Leader of Opposition or the Deputy Leader of
Opposition shall be the reply speakers for the Opposition side.

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 03 Each constructive speaker shall be givenseven (7) minutes to
speak, with the first and sixth minutes uninterrupted.

3.1 The adjudicator shall signal the end of the first minute by
playing a bell sound once, after which debaters from the
opposing side will be allowed to raise Points of Information
Should the current speaker accept, the opposing
(POIs).
debater will have fifteen (15) seconds to state their POI.

3.2 The adjudicator shall signal the start of the sixth minute by
playing a bell sound once, after which debaters from the
opposing side will no longer be allowed to raise POIs.

3.3 15 seconds before the end of the 6th minute, the ENM OB
member will ring the bell sound twice.

3.4 At the start of the seventh minute, the adjudicator shall

play a bell sound thrice, after which the current speaker
will be muted after 5 seconds.

four (4) minutes to speak, with

04 Each reply speaker shall be given
their entire speeches uninterrupted.
4.1 The adjudicator shall
playing a bell sound once.
signal the end of the first minute by

4.2 The adjudicator shall signal the start of the third minute by
playing a bell sound once.

4.3 15 seconds before the end of the fourth minute, the ENM OB
member will ring the bell sound twice.

4.4 At the start of the fourth minute, the adjudicator shall play a
bell sound thrice, after which the current speaker will be muted
after 5 seconds.

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 The sequence of Prime Leader of
05 speakers shall be as Minister Opposition
follows

Deputy Deputy Leader

Prime of Opposition
Minister

Opposition
Government Whip
Whip

Opposition
Government Reply
Reply

MOTION
There shall be no veto system.Only one motion shall be released to
all debating teams in a particular round.

PREPARATION TIME
01 Given that there shall be no veto system, teams will only be given
twenty-five (25) minutes to prepare for the debate. Once the timer
has started, coaches and advisers will no longer be allowed to
speak with the debaters.

02 During prep time, debaters shall be allowed to use print materials

(e.g., books, newspapers, printed articles, etc.) for their references.
The use of electronic devices (e.g., laptops, tablets, etc.) is strictly
prohibited.

03 The use of electronic devices (e.g., laptops, tablets, etc.) is strictly

prohibited.

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 04 The debate participants must refrain from communicating
with others aside from themselves during the entirety of the
debate.

05 Teams must prepare separately. No collaboration between

teams during prep time shall be allowed.

ADJUDICATION
01 The adjudicators shall
university debate society.
be members of a distinguished

02 The decisions
irrevocable.
of the adjudicators shall be final and

CONTINGENCIES
FOR THE COMPETITION
01 In the event that a member of a team becomes unavailable on the
set time and date of any stage of the competition, the participating
school must alert the Debate Competition Officers through proper
communication channels, including the official e-mail address of the
Events and Logistics Department (events.economix@gmail.com). In
case the participating school has registered a second team for the
competition, a member of the second team shall replace the
unavailable participant.

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02 In the event that an entire qualifying team becomes unavailable
on the set time and date of any stage of the competition, the
participating school must alert the Debate Competition Head
through the proper communication channels, including the
official e-mail address of the Events and Logistics Department
(events.economix@gmail.com). Waitlisted teams shall be allowed
to take the place of the unavailable team, and shall be notified
by the Officers in the soonest possible time.

In the case that a participating team encounters technical

03 difficulties, the Officers shall wait five (5) minutes for the team
to reconnect. If five (5) minutes has elapsed yet the team has
not reconnected, the Officers shall contact the team and assist
in resolving the issue for the following twenty-five (25) minutes. If
the issue is not resolved within thirty (30) minutes, the team shall
unfortunately be considered disqualified from the competition,
and its opponent team in the matchup shall automatically
proceed to the next round of the competition.

04 In the case that the Debate Competition Officers encounter

technical difficulties, they shall immediately inform the
participating teams through proper communication channels.
Furthermore, the hosting of the competition shall be handed to
the partner university debate society with its prior consent.

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GENERAL
01 The Digital Poster Making Competition shall be open to high school
students who are taking up or have taken up an Economics subject from
any eligible private or public educational institution in the Philippines.

02 Each eligible school shall send only a maximum of one (1) participant for
the competition.

There shall be no junior high school (JHS) and senior high school (SHS)
03 categories for the competition; meaning, JHS, and SHS participants may
compete against each other.

04 Entries must be an original work and created specifically for Econ No-
Mix 2022.

05 Contestants may use any software/applications (e.g. Photoshop, Paint,

Sketchbook, etc.) online or offline, in creating their digital art as there
will no be no restrictions in the style.

06 The size of the digital art is restricted to A4 (210 x 297 mm) only.

07 The orientation of the poster must be a portrait.

08 Use of online art elements (vectors, fonts, etc.) is allowed if and only if
the said elements are free to use as indicated by the artist/creator.

09 Contestants’ entries must at least have 300 dpi, in PNG file format, and
maximum file size of 10 MB. Contestants are highly encouraged not to
rescale their submissions.

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10 The participants must also come up with a title for the poster.

11 Along with the poster, participants shall write

explanation of the output with 200-300 words and must be saved in
the title and an

PDF file format. This must be written in English.

12 Any participant
including but not
caught
limited
engaging
to
in
plagiarism,
any form
shall be
of dishonesty,
immediately
disqualified from the competition.

CRITERIA FOR JUDGING

RUBRIC EXCEPTIONAL EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR
Technique and 35 25 15 5 2
Quality of

Artistic

Interpretation

Relevance, 30 25 15 5 2
Clarity, and

Visual Impact of

the Message

Uniqueness of 20 10 5 3 2
the Design and

Aesthetics

Effective Use of 10 8 6 3 1
Art Elements

Overall

Composition of 5 4 3 2 1
the Artwork

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13 Scores for each criterion are only limited to the provided values in
the criteria on the next page. Moreover, participants cannot incur
in-between scores (e.g. 17, 24, 3.5, etc.).

14 The total score is derived from adding all scores garnered from each
criterion.

15 Final score is derived from averaging the total scores of all judges.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

01 on or before March 11,
All participants shall submit their posters
2022 at 11:59 PM. Late submissions will merit a 0.5 deduction
from the final score for every one hour late.

02 events.economix@gmail.com with
The entry must be submitted to
the subject DigitalPoster_School_Surname (e.g.
DigitalPoster_UPDiliman_Cruz).
The filenames of the submissions must be in
03 the following formats:
Artwork - DigitalPoster_School_Title (e.g.
DigitalPoster_UPDiliman_Spoliarium)
Essay - DigitalPosterEssay_School_Title (e.g.
DigitalPosterEssay_UPDiliman_Spoloarium)

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 04 Once submitted, contestants shall expect a notice of successful
submission via their email within one (1) day. If an email has not been
received, kindly contact the Econ No-Mix team immediately through
our official Facebook page.

05 Resubmission of entries is not allowed.

Guidelines for the “People’s Choice Award”

01 All submissions
Facebook page by
shall be uploaded on
March 12, 2022 at 1:00 PM
the Econ No-Mix
to allow for
the gathering of reactions.

March 13, 2022 at 12:00

02 The entry with the most reactions by
PM will be given the “People’s Choice Award”

03 This shall have no bearing on the judging of the artwork.

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GENERAL
01 March 12, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. via Zoom Video
The On-the-Spot Essay Writing Competition shall be held on

Conferencing.
high school students who
02 The competition shall be open to
taking up or have taken up an Economics subject from
are
any
eligible private or public educational institution in the Philippines.

03 participant for the competition.

Each eligible school shall send only a maximum of one (1)

There shall beno junior high school (JHS) and senior high
04 school (SHS) categories for the competition; meaning, JHS
and SHS participants may compete against each other.

05 Any participant caught engaging in any form of dishonesty,

including but not limited to plagiarism, shall be immediately
disqualified from the competition.

Guidelines for the Essay Submissions

01 The topic for the On-the-Spot Essay Writing Competition
shall only be given during the competition proper by the
official organizers.

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02 The topic will be related to the theme of Econ No-Mix 2022,
AMPLIFY: Channeling the Youth's Role In Shaping the PH
Political Landscape. Hence, the participants are advised to
be well-informed and highly knowledgeable on issues
concerning Public and Political Economics.
provide a title
03 Each participant
participants are
must
discouraged from using
for
the
their
Econ
essay. The
No-Mix
2022 Theme and the topic to be given as titles for their
essays.

04 The essays must be written in English.

clean
05 Each participant shall write their essay
sheet of bond paper using a blue or black ballpen.
legibly on a
Essays
written using pencils shall be accepted provided that they are
written legibly
.
one (1) entry at most
06 Each participant must submit only
three (3) pages.
with

07 The participants shall be given two (2) hours to compose their

essays and an additional thirty (30) minutes to scan, convert,
and submit their entries. No extensions will be provided.

08 Any participant may opt to submit their entry earlier than the
unless
given time, but they shall not leave the Zoom meeting
the official organizers have acknowledged their
submission verbally and/or through email.

09 To submit their entry, a participant shall take clear photos of

their work and send a readable PDF copy of it through email at
events.economix@gmail.com.

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ZOOM DECORUM
01 The participants shall be observed by the official
organizers via a Zoom meeting to monitor any act of
dishonesty, cheating, and/or plagiarism.
shall not be open to the public.
02 The competition
participants, judges, and official organization
Only
members
shall be allowed to enter the Zoom meeting. For
transparency purposes, the official organizers shall record
the Zoom meeting and shall make the recording available
for any participant or coach who would wish to view it.

03 Each participant is expected to enter the Zoom meeting at

least five (5) minutes before the designated schedule. Any
late participant will not be given any time extensions.

04 The participants are encouraged to choose a conducive

area with a strong internet signal.

05 Throughout
participants
the
shall
duration
keep
of
their
the competition,
cameras open
the
and
microphones muted, unless given the permission to do
otherwise.

06 The participants are encouraged to be fully

before the competition proper, and shall avoid leaving their
prepared

area of choice for the entire duration of the competition.

07 The participants must not leave the Zoom meeting unless

they have the permission from the official organizers to do
so.

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 CRITERIA FOR JUDGING
01 All essays shall be evaluated by a panel of judges composed
of experts in the fields of economics and writing. The
judges’ decisions shall be final and irrevocable.
The Criteria for Judging shall be as follows:
02 Content and Relevance to the Theme 45%

Organization of Ideas and Writing Style 30%

Language Proficiency, Grammar, and 20%

Punctuation

5%
Legibility of Handwriting

Total 100%

03 In case of a tie, the decision shall be based on the first

criterion. If it fails to break the tie, the next criterion shall be
used, and so on.

04 Should the tied participants have exactly the same score in

every criterion, the decision shall then be established based
on the time stamps of their submissions on email.

Champion,
05 The top three participants shall be declared the
First Runner-Up and Second Runner-Up of the On-the-
Spot Essay Writing Competition, respectively.

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CONTINGENCIES FOR THE COMPETITION
In the event that a participant becomes unavailable on the set
01 time and date of the competition, the participant shall be
considered to have forfeited their participation in the
competition.

In the case that a participant encounters technical difficulties,

02 the official organizers shall wait five (5) minutes for the
participant to reconnect. If five (5) minutes have elapsed yet the
participant has not reconnected, the official organizers shall
contact the participant and assist in resolving the issue for the
following twenty-five (25) minutes. If the issue is not resolved
within thirty (30) minutes, the participant shall, unfortunately, be
considered disqualified from the competition.
Should there be problems concerning the submission of their
03 entries (e.g. conversion of photos into PDF), the participants
must inform the official organizers immediately. In the event that
a participant is unable to inform the official organizers
regarding such concerns and is unable to send their essay within
the given 30-minute period, the participant shall, unfortunately,
be considered disqualified from the competition.
In the case that the official organizers encounter technical

04 difficulties, they shall immediately inform the participants

through proper communication channels. If the issue is not
resolved within one (1) hour from the designated time of the
event, the participants shall proceed with the competition
without oversight from the official organizers. However, the time
of submission of entries shall be strictly on March 12, 2022, 5:00
p.m., and proper arrangements shall be made by the panel of
judges to be more stringent regarding cheating and/or
plagiarism.

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GENERAL
01 The competition will have elimination and final rounds.

02 There shall be no junior high school (JHS) and senior high

school (SHS) categories for the debate competition;
meaning, JHS and SHS participants may compete against each
other. As such, institutions may send teams which have
participants from both JHS and SHS levels.

thirty (30)
03 A maximum of high school teams will be accepted
into the competition. Registration will follow a first come, first
served basis.

04 Only one (1) team will be allowed per school.

05 A team must have three (3) members.

ELIMINATION ROUND
Schools will receive an email from the Econ No-Mix team
on February 28, 2022, containing the case study, paper
01
format, and criteria for judging.

Teams must come up with innovative ideas and solutions

on how to solve the problem/s stated in the given case
02
study while keeping in mind the theme of Econ No-Mix
2022.

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03 Teams
before
are required
March 5, 2022, 11:59 p.m.
to submit their proposals
The Google Clock will
on or

be used as the basis for determining the time stamps of

submissions. An acknowledgement of received entries
will be sent to the teams.

Proposals submitted beyond the deadline will not be

04 acknowledged. Thus, the team shall be disqualified.
PDF format to
05 Proposals must
events.economix@gmail.com.
be sent in a
Papers must not be less
than three pages and must not exceed five pages, not
including appendices.

letter size (8.5” x 11”), Arial, size

06 Proposals must be in
11, with 1.5 spacing.
The subject of the email and the attached proposal must
07 be named “IG2022_Proposal Name_School Name”
(e.g. IG2022_PublicEcon_University of the Philippines –
Diliman).

08 Teams will be contacted by the competition officer for

announcements and questions about the elimination
round.

09 Proposals will be reviewed by a judge/partner organizer.

They will be responsible for choosing the top five teams
from who will continue to the final round of the
competition.

10 Teams
through
will
email
be contacted
to explain
by the
Qualified
the final
competition
round.
officer

schools shall be posted on the Econ No-Mix

Facebook page on or before March 10, 2022.

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11 The Criteria for Judging shall be as follows:
Relevance of Proposed Solution/s 20%

Soundness of Proposed Solution/s 35%

Originality of Proposed Solution/s 25%

Organization of Ideas 20%

Total 100%

FINAL ROUND
March 13, 2022 from 9:00
01 The final round shall be held on
a.m. to 12:00 n.n. via Zoom meeting.

02 Finalists shall present their proposals to a panel of judges

during the meeting. The presentations must not exceed 15
minutes and must be in PowerPoint format.

15-minute forum
03 A will be allotted after each presentation.
Questions from the panel of judges shall be entertained
during this period.

04 The panel of judges shall be composed of experts in the

field of business and The decision of the
economics.
panel of judges is final and irrevocable. The criteria for
judging will be as follows:

Delivery 20%

Creativity 20%

Relevance to the theme 25%

Impact 35%

Total 100%

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 In case of a tie, the decision shall be based on the
05 first criterion. If it fails to break the tie, the next
criterion shall be used, and so on.

Champion,
06 The top three teams shall be considered the
First Runner-Up and Second Runner-Up, respectively.

Contingencies for the Final Round

01 In the event that a qualifier of a team becomes unavailable
on the set time and date of the the
Final Round,
participating school must alert the Idea Generation
Competition Officers through the official e-mail address
of the Events and Logistics Department
(events.economix@gmail.com) on or before March 10,
2022, 11:59 p.m. The qualifying team shall then proceed
without the said member.

In the event that an entire qualifying team becomes

02 unavailable on the set time and date of the Final Round, the
participating school must alert the Idea Generation
Competition Head through the official e-mail address of
the Events and Logistics Department
(events.economix@gmail.com) on or before March 11, 2022,
11:59 p.m. The next qualifying team in the Elimination Round
shall be allowed to take the place of the unavailable team,
and shall be notified by the Officers in the soonest possible
time.

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03 In the
technical
case that a participating team
the Officers shall wait five (5)
difficulties,
encounters

minutes for the team to reconnect. If five (5) minutes

has elapsed yet the team has not reconnected, the
Officers shall contact the team and assist in
resolving the issue for the following twenty-five (25)
minutes. If the issue is not resolved within thirty (30)
minutes, the team shall unfortunately be considered
disqualified from the competition.

In the case Idea Generation Competition

that the

04 Officers encounter technical difficulties, they shall

immediately inform the participating teams through
proper communication channels. If the issue is not
resolved within one (1) hour from the designated time of
the event, the competition shall be postponed to the
soonest possible day.If the issue is not resolved within
seven (7) days from the designated date of the event,
the top three qualifying teams from the Elimination
Round shall be declared the winners of the
competition.

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GENERAL
open to high school
01 The Quiz Bee Competition shall be
students in the Philippines who are taking up or have
taken up an economics subject.
no junior high school (JHS) and senior high
02 There shall be
school (SHS) categories for the quiz bee competition;
meaning, JHS and SHS participants may compete against each
other. As such, institutions may send teams which have
participants from both JHS and SHS levels.

03 A school can only sendat most two (2) participants who will
compete individually for the event.

04 The event shall be composed of two rounds: an Elimination

Round and a Final Round. All participants will be competing
individually in both rounds.
caught engaging in any form of dishonesty,
05 Any participant
including but not limited to cheating, shall be immediately
disqualified from the competition.

ELIMINATION ROUND
March 12, 2022
01 (Saturday) from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Elimination Round shall be held on

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 The Elimination Round timed online
shall be a
02 examination conducted via Google Forms and
accessed through Google Chrome. The participants are
encouraged to choose a conducive area with a strong
Internet signal where they shall take the examination.

The examination shall be composed of thirty (30) multiple-

03 choice questions which will cover several topics, namely:
History of Economics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Public Economics
Current Economic Events

within a
04 The participants shall complete the examination
limited time of forty-five (45) minutes. The participants
will not be given an opportunity to pause the examination.
Thus, participants are encouraged to be fully prepared
before opening the examination form and shall avoid
leaving their testing area of choice for the entire duration
of the examination.

required to use one (1) laptop or one

05 Participants will be
(1) tablet computer with Internet access in answering
the examination form. The use of such gadgets should be
limited to examination purposes only.

will only be able to access the

06 The participants
examination form via the email address that they have
provided during the event registration. They shall be
allowed to answer the form only once.

prepare pens and blank sheets of

07 Participants
paper for
shall
scratch work on questions involving
computations.

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 allowed for the Elimination
08 The use of calculators is
Round only.

09 Changing tabs, taking screenshots, or copying the content

of the examination is strictly prohibited, and will be
grounds for disqualification. Quilgo, a third-party web
tool will request access and will monitor the screens of
Failure to
the participants throughout the 30-minute test.
provide access to the web tool means forfeiture from
the competition.

10 The answers of participants will only be considered for

checking if they were successfully submitted via Google
Forms on or before March 12, 2022, 4:30 p.m. Failure to
submit within the given time frame will be considered
forfeiture from the competition.

top ten (10)

11 The
based on their
participants
answers in the
with the
examination
highest scores
form shall
qualify for the Final Round. The qualifiers for the Final
Round shall be announced on the official Facebook
Group of Delegates on or before March 12, 2022, 7:00
p.m.

12 The Highest Individual Scorer of the Elimination Round

shall also be recognized during the awarding ceremonies.

13 In the case of a tie/s for the tenth spot, participants with

the same scores will be accommodated in the Final
Round. In this event, there will be more than ten (10)
qualifiers for the Final Round.

14 In case
participants
technical
while
difficulties
they are
occur
answering
on the
the
side of
examination
the

form, they shall contact the Quiz Bee Competition

Officers immediately who shall provide them with
assistance.

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15 The Quiz Bee Competition Officers
standby in a Zoom meeting for any participant who
will also be on

shall need assistance in answering the examination

form.

FINAL ROUND
March 13, 2022 via video
01 The Final Round shall be held on
conferencing from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 n.n.

02 The Final Round shall be a competition among the top ten (10)
participants who qualified from the Elimination Round.

oral competition conducted via

03 The Final Round shall be an
Zoom. The participants are encouraged to choose a
conducive area with a strong Internet signal where they can
take part of the competition via their laptops or tablet
computers.

Final Round shall not be open to the public.

04 The
participants, judges, and official organization members shall
Only the

be allowed to enter the Zoom meeting.

prepare a whiteboard and a

05 The participants shall
whiteboard marker where they shall write their answers.
twenty-five (25) questions,
06 The Final Round shall consist of
which shall cover the following topics:
History of Economics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Public Economics
Current Economic Events

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 All questions shall be divided into subcategories, which will
07 be projected on Zoom (see illustration below) for the
participants to see. Each question shall have a
corresponding number of points dependent on its difficulty
level.

CURRENT
HISTORY OF MACRO- MICRO- PUBLIC
ECONOMIC
ECONOMICS ECONOMICS ECONOMICS ECONOMICS
EVENTS
1 pt. 1 pt. 1 pt. 1 pt. 1 pt.

2 pts. 2 pts. 2 pts. 2 pts. 2 pts.

3 pts. 3 pts. 3 pts. 3 pts. 3 pts.

4 pts. 4 pts. 4 pts. 4 pts. 4 pts.

5 pts 5 pts 5 pts 5 pts 5 pts

08 The top-scorer from the Elimination Round shall be

given the privilege to choose the first question. The
second highest scorer from the Elimination Round shall
choose the second question, the third highest will choose
the third question, and so on and so forth. Once the
process is exhausted, the individual with the highest score
at the moment shall choose the next questions. In case that
two individuals are tied at the moment, the Quiz Master
shall choose the next question.

multiple
09 The questions may be in the
choice, identification, fill in the blanks, or problem
following types:

solving.
twice.
10 The Quiz Master shall read the selected question
After which, the timer shall begin.

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11 Each participant shall be given a time limit of fifteen
(15) seconds to answer conceptual questions and thirty
(30) seconds to answer computational questions.Once
the allotted time has elapsed, the participants shall
raise their boards, and the Officers will screenshot
and record their answers.

12 If a participant answers the question

shall be awarded the corresponding number of points
correctly, they

for the question answered.

If a participant answers incorrectly, they shall receive no

13 points for the question.

Any concerns regarding the questions may only be

14 asked after the correct answer has been given.A time
limit of ten (10) seconds will be given for protests.
All concerns regarding a particular question will no
longer be entertained after ten (10) seconds have
passed. A panel of judges composed of experts in
economics and the political sector shall settle protests
regarding the questions and answers. The decision of
the panel of judges shall be final and irrevocable.

15 Only the following

bases for protests:
references shall be accepted as

Books
Journals
Broadsheets
Internet sources (to be verified by the Quiz Bee
Competition Officers)

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 ends after all the subcategory bases
16 The Final Round
have been opened.

17 The three (3) highest-scoring participants by the end of the

Final Round shall be declared the Champion, First
Runner-Up, and Second Runner-Up, respectively.
In case of aa sudden-death question shall be
tie,
18 asked such that the participant that correctly answers
the question first wins.

Contingencies for the Final Round

01 In the event that a qualifier becomes unavailable on the
set time and date of the Final Round, the participating
school must alert the Quiz Bee Competition Officers
through the official e-mail address of the Events and
Logistics Department (events.economix@gmail.com) on or
before March 12, 2022, 11:59 p.m. The next highest scorer
in the Elimination Round shall be allowed to take the place
of the unavailable participant and shall be notified by the
Officers in the soonest possible time.

02 In the case that a participant encounters

difficulties, the Officers shall wait five (5) minutes for the
technical

participant to reconnect. If five (5) minutes have elapsed

yet the participant has not reconnected, the Officers shall
contact the participant and assist in resolving the issue for
the following twenty-five (25) minutes. If the issue is not
resolved within thirty (30) minutes, the participant shall,
unfortunately, be considered disqualified from the
competition.

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03 In the case that the Quiz Bee Competition
encounter technical difficulties, they shall immediately
Officers

inform the participants through proper communication

channels. If the issue is not resolved within one (1) hour
from the designated time of the event, the competition
shall be postponed to the soonest possible day.If the
issue is not resolved within seven (7) days from the
designated date of the event, the top three highest-
scoring participants from the Elimination Round
shall be declared the winners of the competition.

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Certificates of Participation will be given to all
participating students, advisers, and schools.

Certificates of Recognition will be given to the

winners of the competitions.

Awarding of Prizes shall be by event.

DEBATE
Winning Team in Finals PHP 3,000

Best Speaker of the Finals PHP 1,000

DIGITAL POSTER MAKING

First Place PHP 1,500

Second Place PHP 1,000

Third Place PHP 500

People’s Choice Award PHP 500

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 ESSAY WRITING
First Place PHP 1,500

Second Place PHP 1,000

Third Place PHP 500

IDEA GENERATION
First Place PHP 4,500

Second Place PHP 3,000

Third Place PHP 2,250

QUIZ BEE
First Place PHP 1,500

Second Place PHP 1,000

Third Place PHP 500

The Econ No-Mix 2022 Organizing Body reserves the

right to change the guidelines without prior notice.

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