Naga City bagged the top prizes in the 6th Doon Po Sa Amin (DPSA) Online Community Mapping completion—the biggest annual school-based online mapping activity in the country organized by Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart).

Naga Central School 1 (NCS1) emerged as winner in the primary level division with its entry featuring the best local restaurants in Naga. The same entry also got the Opera Mini award for being the most informative and concise hometown story. Another entry by a different team from NCS1 team placed 3rd runner-up for its entry on Mount Isarog.

In the secondary level division, Naga City Science High School's (NCSHS) winning entry highlighted the local destinations in Camarines Sur resembling popular places and destinations around the country Two other entries by different school teams from NCSHS also landed as 2nd and 4th runners-up. One of these took home the Best in ICT Integration special award.

NCSHS was also recognized as the most active school in the secondary level division for having the most number of entries that qualified for final judging.

Naga Central School 1 team representatives (left photo) and Naga City Science High School
team representatives (right photo) receive their trophies from DPSA judges and partners
(left to right): Lloyd Layug from NetLearn Ventures, Here Map and Content Project Manager
Lonel Labit, Smart Department Head for Community Partnerships Darwin Flores, and National
Youth Commission Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Leon Flores III.

Supported by the Department of Education and HERE, a Nokia business subsidiary, DPSA encourages primary and secondary students nationwide to discover unique stories about their hometowns, present these stories using digital and online tools, and pin them on an online map. Launched in 2008, it is the longest running school based crowd-sourced content generation and learning program in the country.

"Through DPSA, we are able to make learning more fun and meaningful to the students. The lessons they learn as they complete their entries stay with them, which is the beauty of the learning-by-doing attitude that we want to promote among the youth," said Smart Public Affairs Group Head Ramon Isberto.

Other schools in the primary level division that rounded up the top 5 are Butuan Central Elementary School-Science and Technology and Education Center in Butuan, Agusan del Norte and Ilaya Elementary School in Tanay, Rizal. In the secondary level division, Barobo National High School in Barobo, Surigao del Sur and Palawan National School in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan also made it to the top 5.

The grand awarding was held recently in Makati Shangri-La Hotel in Makati City.

To view the complete list of winners and the online map containing all the DPSA entries, visit www.doonposaamin.ph.