Chapter 3

• In the Philippines, 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
• DOST


  It is responsible for formulating and adopting comprehensive National Science and Technology for the Philippines.
• DOST launched the Science for the People thru Administrative Order No. 003 s. 2017. It aims to make science and technology more relevant to the conditions, needs and opportunities for contributing to regional development while keeping abreast with the trends and development in the country and in the world.
• Agenda 1 highlights the latest advancements in research and development geared towards the shared goal of improved nutrition and health
• Agenda 2 presents how R&D can be utilized to make key traditional industries steadfast and competitive through technological innovations
• Agenda 3 engages R&D in emerging scientific and technological platforms which lay the inroads to the development of new products, services and industries.
• Agenda 4 focuses in strengthening institutional capacity to undertake research and development and contribute to regional development
• Agenda 5 includes mechanisms to encourage technology transfer and avenues where R&D results are promoted in the bid to maximize its utilization
• Agenda 6 aims to build a critical mass of competitive researchers, scientist and engineers and promote the culture of Science, Technology and Innovation
• Agenda 7 features various S&T facilities that offer technical services for carrying out research and development as well as addressing the needs of the industry in terms of quality assurance, product development and innovation
• Agenda 8 focuses on S&T assistance provided to upgrade the technological capabilities and improve the productivity and efficiency in micro, small and medium enterprises.
• . Agenda 9 highlights the role of the department in building a disaster resilient community through the provision of accurate and timely information.
• Agenda 10 focuses on the linkages and networks being pursued by the Department in terms of S&T collaboration.
• Agenda 11 provides the policy framework that governs the implementation of the program, projects and activities of the Department in contribution to National Development and progress
• Batangas State University made history as it officially launched the country’s first Knowledge, Innovation and Science Technology (KIST) park on July 20, 2020
• THE SCIENCE FOR CHANGE PROGRAM (S4CP)


  This was created by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to accelerate Science, Technology and Innovation in the country in order to keep up with the developments in our time, wherein STI are game changers
• S4CP focuses on Accelerated R&D program for capacity building of R&D Institutions and Industrial Competitiveness which is composed of 4

  1. Niche Centers in the regions for R&D (NICER) Program 2. R&D Leadership (RLEAD) program 3. Collaborative R&D to leverage PH Economy (CRADLE) for RDI’s and Industry Program 4. Business Innovation through S&T (BIST) for Industry Program
• To light up the rest of the Philippines sustainably was the vision of Filipina scientist Aisa Mijeno when she made the Sustainable Alternative Lighting (SALt) lamp
• 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
• FE V. 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
• FE V. DEL MUNDO


  She is credited with studies that led to the invention of the incubator and a jaundice relieving device
• MARIA Y. OROSA


  Advances in modern Filipino food technology owe a great deal to the creative researches and salutary inventiveness of a woman chemist and pharmacist from Batangas
• MARIA Y. OROSA


  She produced the “calamansi nip” • The most notable of her food inventions, is “Soyalac,” a powdered preparation of soyabeans, which helped save the lives of thousands of Filipinos, Americans, and other nationals. It became known to them as the “magic food
• ANGEL ALCALA


  He is a Filipino scientist, made major contributions to marine biology research efforts in the Philippines and authored over 160 scientific papers as well as books
• ANGEL ALCALA


  From the 400 already known species of reptiles and amphibians, 50 more species were identified due to his efforts.
• 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
• The BSCS Adaptation Project


  In 1959, 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. A steering committee of biological scientists, teachers and educators was constituted. The project was financed by National Science Foundation, USA.