SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY AND
NATION BUILDING
PREPARED BY: ANDRONICA JEAN F. AMBAG
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
ON S & T
Introduced and implemented programs, projects
and policies to boost science and technology.
GOAL: Prepare the whole country and its people
to meet the demands of a technologically driven
world and capacitate the people to live in a
world driven by science.
In response to the
ASEAN 2015
Agenda, DOST
sought the
expertise of
National Research
Council of the
Philippines (NRCP)
to consult various
sectors in the
society to study
how the Philippines
can prepare itself
The NRCP clustered these policies into
four:
1. Social Sciences, Humanities,
Education, International Policies and
Governance
2. Physics, Engineering, and Industrial
Research, Earth and Space Sciences, and
Mathematics
3. Medical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical
Sciences
4. Biological Sciences, Agriculture, and
GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON
S&T
CLUSTER 1: SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES,
INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE
• Integrating ASEAN awareness in basic education
without adding to the curriculum
• Emphasizing teaching in the mother tongue
• Developing school infrastructure and providing
for ICT broadband
• Local food security
GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON
S&T
CLUSTER 2 : PHYSICS, ENGINEERING AND
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, EARTH AND SPACE
SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
• Emphasizing degrees, licences, and employment
opportunities
• Outright grants for peer monitoring
• Review of R.A. 9184
• Harnessing science and technology as an independent
GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON S
&T
CLUSTER 3 : MEDICAL, CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL
SCIENCES
• Ensuring compliance of drug-manufacturing firms with ASEAN –
harmonized standards by full implementation of the Food and
Drug Administration
• Creating an education council dedicated to standardization of
pharmaceutical services and care
• Empowering food and drug agencies to conduct evidence-based
research as proof of information
• Allocating two percent of the GDP to research
•
GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON
S&T
CLUSTER 4 : BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE
AND FORESTRY
• Protecting and conserving biodiversity by full
implementation of existing laws
• Use of biosafety and standard model by ASEAN
countries
• Promoting indigenous knowledge systems and
indigenous peoples’s conservation
• Formulation of common food and safety
DOST
PROGRAMS
Providing funds for basic research and
patents
Scholarships for undergraduate and
graduate studies students
More branches of PSHS
S & T parks
Balik Scientists Program
National Science Complex and National
PAASE
PROGRAMS
National Centers of Excellence
Manpower and Institutional
Development Programs (ESEP)
Regional Centers
S & T Business Centers
Strengthening Science
RESEARCH
FOCUS
Use of alternative and safe energy
Harnessing mineral resources
Finding cure for various disease and
illness
Climate change and global warming
Increasing food production
Preservation of natural resources
Coping with natural disaster and
10 FAMOUS
FILIPINO
SCIENTISTS
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
RAMON CABANOS BARBA – tissue culture in
Philippine Mangoes.
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
JOSEFINO CASAS COMISO – Antartica’s
characteristics using satellite
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
JOSE BEJAR CRUZ JR – famous in the field of
Electrical Engineering, an officer of IE3
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
LOURDES JANSUY CRUZ – sea
snail venom
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
FABIAN MILLAR DAYRIT – herbal
medicine
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
RAFAEL DINEROS GUERRERO III –
tilapia culture
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
CAESAR A. SALOMA – Internationally
renowned physicist.
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
EDGARDO GOMEZ – scientist in
marine science
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
WILLIAM PADOLINA – President of National
Academy of Science and Technology
(NAST) – Philippines.
FAMOUS FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
ANGEL ALCALA - Marine Science
