Chapter 3

Science, Technology and Nation Building

MS. ELSBETH KAYE P. OLIVA, LPT, M.A.Ed SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
The DOST

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is tasked to oversee

and manage national technology development and acquisition, undertake
technological and scientific research and promote public consciousness of science
and technology.

In 2017, DOST launched the Science for the People thru Administrative
Order No. 003 s. 2017. This is in response to the government’s call to address
inequity in developments within and among countries and is aligned with the
national goals and plans.
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Seven outcomes that the agency strives to achieve

1. Innovation and stimulus

2. Technology and adoption promoted and accelerated
3. Critical mass of globally competitive STI human resources developed
4. Productivity and efficiency of communities and the production sector, particularly
MSMEs improved
5. Resiliency to disaster risks and climate change ensured
6. Inequality in STI capacities and opportunities reduced
7. Effective STI governance achieved
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DOST Eleven Point Agenda

1. Pursue R&D to address pressing national problems.

2. Conduct R&D to enhance productivity and improve management of
resources.
3. Engage in R&D to generate and apply new knowledge and technologies
across sectors.
4. Strengthen and utilize regional R&D capabilities.
5. Maximize utilization of R&D results through technology transfer and
commercialization.

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DOST Eleven Point Agenda

6. Develop STI human resources and build a strong STI culture.

7. Upgrade STI facilities and capacities to advance R&D activities
and expand S&T services. -
8. Expand STI assistance to communities and the production sector,
particularly MSMEs.
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DOST Eleven Point Agenda

9. Provide STI-based solutions for disaster risks and climate change

adaptation and mitigation.
10. Strengthen industry-academe-government and international STI
collaboration.
11. Enhance effectiveness of STI governance.

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KIST Park

BatStateU KIST Park was designated as a Special Economic Zone under

Presidential Proclamation No. 947, s. 2020. The theme of the launching
event was “Towards a New Frontier of Knowledge-building and Innovation
in Science and Technology.”

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KIST Park

BatStateU headed by Dr. Tirso A. Ronquillo became a key partner of the

government in fostering industry-academe linkages, knowledge and technology
transfer, and promoting the commercialization of innovations. The KIST Park will
serve as a catalyst for industrial productivity and increased economic growth in
CaLaBaRZon. This manifestation of the strong collaboration between government,
industry and academe is central to inclusive innovation strategy.

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KIST Park

BatStateU KIST Park is now open and spearheads a long-term

vision for “state universities and colleges in the country to expand their programs
for industry, academe, market synergy, technopreneurship, [innovation-based]
business incubation and acceleration, and knowledge co-creation in science and
technology.” (http://batstateukistpark.com.ph/#/main/home)

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 Question:
Which of the 11-point Agenda relates to
the launching and operation of
BatStateU KIST Park?

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Major Development Programs in
Science and Technology

The Science for Change Program (S4CP) was created by the

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to accelerate STI in the
country in order to keep up with the developments in our time.

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Major Development Programs in
Science and Technology

1. Niche Centers in the Regions for R&D (NICER) Program,

2. R&D Leadership (RDLead) Program,
3. Collaborative R&D to Leverage PH Economy (CRADLE) for RDIs and Industry
Program,
4. Business Innovation through S&T (BIST) for Industry Program

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Major Development Programs in
Science and Technology

1. Niche Centers in the Regions for R&D (NICER) Program

The NICER Program capacitates Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the

regions to make significant improvement in regional research by integrating its
development needs with the existing R&D capabilities and resources. It provides
institutional grants for HEIs in the regions for R&D capacity building to improve
their S&T infrastructure.

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Major Development Programs in
Science and Technology

2. R&D Leadership (RDLead) Program

The R&D Leadership Program complements the establishment of R&D

Centers thru the NICER Program. RDLead provides the mechanism to bring in
experts and highly skilled professionals with strong leadership, management and
innovative policy-making proficiencies to be in charge of strengthening the research
capabilities of the HEIs, National Government Agencies (NGAs) and Research
Development Institutions (RDIs) in the regions.

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Major Development Programs in
Science and Technology

3. Collaborative R&D to Leverage PH Economy (CRADLE) for RDIs and

Industry Program

The Collaborative Research and Development to Leverage Philippine

Economy (CRADLE) Program is specifically designed to foster collaboration
between academe and local companies to improve competitiveness and catalyze
innovation. It aims to improve the country’s innovation ecosystem by facilitating the
smooth transition of new technologies from universities and research and
development institutes (RDI) to industries - from lab to market.

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Major Development Programs in
Science and Technology

4. Business Innovation through S&T (BIST) for Industry Program

The Business Innovation through S&T (BIST) for Industry Program aims to
levelup the innovation capacity of the Philippine Industrial Sector through R&D by
helping private companies and industries acquire novel and strategic technologies,
such as stateof-the-art equipment and machinery, technology licenses and patent
rights among others.

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Major Development Programs in
Science and Technology

4. Business Innovation through S&T (BIST) for Industry Program

A Steering committee for CRADLE and BIST Programs was created through the
DOST Special Order No. 0276 which was approved on 02 April 2018. The Steering
Committee is headed by Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara, Undersecretary for R&D, and
the members include the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Federation of
Philippine Industries (FPI), Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI),
Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and
Development (PCAARRD), Philippine Council for Health Research and Development
(PCHRD) and Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology
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 Chapter 3
Science, Technology and Nation Building

MS. ELSBETH KAYE P. OLIVA, LPT, M.A.Ed SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Personalities in Science
and Technology in the
Philippines

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  made the Sustainable Alternative Lighting (SALt) lamp
 Her mission and advocacy is to address the light
inequality gap and end the use of combustion based
light sources (kerosene lamps and candles) for the 16
Million Filipinos and 1.4 Billion people across the
world.
 SALt lamp uses saline solution, making it harmless and
non-toxic.
 it does not emit toxic gases and leaves minimal carbon
Aisa Mijeno footprint
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 Aisa Mijeno
SALt have won several awards including KOTRA Top 5 Best Global Startup at
Startup Nations Summit 2014, People's Choice at Startup Nations Summit 2014 and
recognized by the ASEAN Corporate Sustainability Summit and Awards 2015 giving
them the SME Sustainability Commitment Category.

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 Ramon C. Barba
He is a Filipino scientist, inventor and
horticulturist who is known for his successful
experiment on the inducement of flowering of
mango trees by spraying them with ethrel and
potassium nitrate.
 Developed a tissue culture procedure for the banana plant and sugar cane which
enabled production of large quantities of planting materials that were robust and
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FeV. del Mundo
 She is known as the Mother of Philippine Pediatrics, a
very great scientist and a symbol of female
empowerment in medicine, both in the Philippines
and abroad.
 She is credited with studies that led to the invention
of the incubator and a jaundice relieving device.
 BRAT diet for curing diarrhea

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FeV. del Mundo
 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service,
which she received in 1977.
 Philippines’ first female National Scientist in
1980
 In 2010, del Mundo was awarded the Order of
Lakandula, rank of Bayani,
 Grand Collar of the Order of the Golden Heart
Award in 2011
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MariaY. Orosa

 She produced the “calamansi nip,” the desiccated

and powdered form of the fruit which could be
made into juice
 Soyalac (Magic Food), a powdered preparation of
soya-beans, which helped save the lives of thousands
of Filipinos, Americans, and other nationals who
ever held prisoners in different Japanese
concentration camps duringWorld War II.
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MariaY. Orosa

 Banana ketchup, banana starch; soyamilk; banana

flour; cassava flour; jelly from guava, santol, mango,
and other fruits, as well as the invention of rice
cookies, known as ricebran or darak
 adobo, dinuguan, kilawen and escabeche
 Oroval and Clarosa

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Angel C.Alcala

 He is a Filipino scientist whose biological

contributions to the environment and ecosystems
have made him a hero for natural sciences.
 Alcala was the first Filipino scientist to engage in
comprehensive studies concerning Philippine reptiles
and amphibians and minor studies on mammals and
birds.

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Angel C.Alcala

 He established the first artificial reef around the

coastline of the Philippines
 In 1994, he was given the Field Museum Founders’
Council Award of Merit for contributions to
environmental biology.
 He is a recipient of the Magsaysay Award for Public
Service.

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Angel C.Alcala

 In September 2011 he received the Gregorio Y. Zara

Award for Basic Science from the Philippine
Association for the Advancement of Science Inc.

 In 2014, he was proclaimed National Scientist by

President Benigno S. Aquino III through Presidential
Decree 782 on June 6, 2014.
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Science Education in the Philippines

Science, even as it is considered a body of knowledge, it is also taken as

methodology.

The general benefits of science have greatly challenged education of the

Philippines.

There has been a corresponding increase in knowledge and understanding of

natural and social phenomena covered by all the disciplines of science available
now.
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Science Education in the Philippines

Early Efforts to Improve Science Education

As early as the decade of the 1950s, scientists were concerned with the state of
science education in the schools. Leading scientists made Philippine authorities aware that
the teaching of science from grade school level to college levels in both public and private
schools was very inadequate.

In 1957, the Philippine government made the teaching of science compulsory in

all elementary and secondary schools. A National Committee for Science Education was
set up in 1958 to formulate objectives for the teaching of science education at all levels
and to recommend steps that would upgrade the teaching of science.
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Science Education in the Philippines

The BSCS Adaptation Project

In1959, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) project was

launched by American Institute of Biological Science, university of Colorado in order to
improve biology education in secondary schools.

National Science Foundation, USA.

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Science Education in the Philippines

The BSCS Adaptation Project

The BSCS project was started to design high school biology course with the
objectives to: provide recent and latest knowledge in biological sciences; develop
understanding of the conceptual structure of biological sciences; develop skills and
processes of biology among the students; create an opportunity to use inquiry
approach in teaching and learning of biology; prepare rich supplementary or support
materials to enrich learning experiences in biological sciences and present current
status of biological sciences

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Science Education in the Philippines

The Science Education Project

These were the total efforts of SEP TO improve science education in the
Philippines.

• dissemination of improved curricula, teaching techniques and approaches in

science and mathematics on basic levels of education
• quality science and math education programs in the recipient-sponsor
institutions through new and/or improved course offerings and a generally
improved teacher education program.
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