STS lesson 2

Pre-colonial

Agriculture

Herbal medicine

Writing

Measuring

Spanish Era

Education

Trade

American Period

Institutions for science and technology were recognized

Bureau of Government Laboratories

1933 – National Research Council of the Philippines was established

1946 – Bureau of Science was replaced by Institute of Science

Ferdinand E. Marcos

Emphasized the role of S&T in national development

Mandated DECS (now DepEd) to promote science courses in public high schools

1968 – Taguig was proclaimed as the Philippine Science Community

Several institutions established:

Philippine Textile Research Center

Philippine Atomic Energy Commission (Philippine Nuclear Institute)

National Grains Authority (National Food Authority)

Philippine Council for Agricultural Research

PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration)

Philippine National Oil Company

Plant Breeding Institute

International Rice Research Institute

Bureau of Plant Industry

Bureau of Forest Products

National Committee on Geological Science

Corazon C. Aquino

NSTA renamed DOST in 1986

DOST master plan:

Update production sector

Improve research

Develop infrastructure for S&T sector

Fidel V. Ramos

~3000 competent scientists and engineers in the country

Doctors to the Barrio program

National Program for Gifted Filipino Children

Several laws mandated:

R.A. 8439 (Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers, and other S&T personnel)

R.A. 7687 (Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994)

R.A. 7559 (Inventors and Inventions Incentive Act)

R.A. 8293 (Intellectual Property Code)

R.A. 8439

Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers, and other S&T personnel

R.A. 7687

Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994

R.A. 7559

Inventors and Inventions Incentive Act

R.A. 8293

Intellectual Property Code

R.A. 8749

Clean Air Act

R.A. 8792

Electronic Commerce Act of 2000

Joseph E. Estrada

R.A. 8749 (Clean Air Act)

R.A. 8792 (Electronic Commerce Act of 2000)

Implemented cost-effective irrigation technology

Provided healthcare services

Gloria M. Arroyo

Coined "Filipino innovation"

R.A. 9367 (Biofuel Act)

R.A. 10601 (Agriculture and Fisheries Mechanization Law)

R.A. 10601

Agriculture and Fisheries Mechanization Law

R.A. 9367

Biofuel Act

Benigno Aquino III

Named new National Scientists in 2014:

Gavino C. Trono

Angel C. Alcala

Ramon Barba

Edgardo Gomez

Rodrigo R. Duterte

Prioritized S&T in the national budget

DOST focus on applying research results

Philippine Space Technology Program:

Launched Diwata-1 in 2016

Launched Diwata-2 in 2018 (displayed Philippine flag in space)

Section 10, Article XIV

“Science and Technology are essential for national development and progress.”

NIBRA

National Integrated Basic Research Agenda

AANR

Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources

DRR-CCA

Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

HNRDA

Harmonized National Research and Development Agenda

HNRDA

Formulated by DOST in coordination with other government and concerned agencies b

PCIEERD

Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development

PCHRD

Philippine Council for Health Research and Development

DOST

Department of Science and Technology

PHIVOLCS

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

PCIEERD

Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development

R.A. 10055

Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009

R.A. 2067

Science Act of 1958

R.A. 10612

Scholarship program to strengthen S&T education and fast-track science/math graduates to teach in secondary schools

R.A. 8439

Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers, and other S&T personnel in government

Developed Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards)

PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, ASTI

Developed Balik Scientist Program, Electric Train Project (2015)

DOST