Nation Building

• Development of Agricultural Systems

  • mechanization of farming
  • use of water pump and sprinkler in managing the effect of extreme heat
  • production of genetically modified crops
  • use of fertilizer to produce high-quality yields
• Improvement of Transportation

  • e-jeepneys
  • LRTs and MRTs
  • building more airports
  • motorized boats for fishing
• Improvement of Educational System

  • online learning due to pandemic
  • use of laptops, cellphone, and tablets for learning
  • utilized LMS like google classsroom
  • use of video conferencing
• Improvement of Communication

  • information is transmitted easily and rapidly, and are readily available
  • easily communicates with others through social media platforms
• 1987 Philippine Constitute Sec 10 Art XIV 


  Science and technology are essential for nation development and progress. The State shall give priority to research and development, innovation, and their utilization; and the science and technology, education training, and service period. It shall support indigenous, appropriate, and self-reliant scientific and technological capabilities and their applications
• • S&T discoveries, inventions, and innovations brought about growth of enterprises and industries that led to the rise of cities
  • Outputs in the study of S&T include more, new, improved, and rapidly produced products to meet the demands of people
  • Provide driving force to the computer, information and communication technology
  • Discovery, development, and promotion of various kinds of medicines
  • Science discoveries and technology innovation made life easier
• Sociel Sciences, Humanities, Education, and International Policies and Governance 


  • integrate ASEAN awareness in basic education without adding to the curriculum
  • emphasize teaching on mother tongue
  • local food security
  • develop school infrastructure and provide for ICT broadband
• Physics, Engineering, and Industrial Research, Earth and Space Sciences and Mathematics

  • emphasize degree, license, and employment opportunities
  • outright grants for peer monitoring
  • review of RA 9184, known as 'Government Procurement Reform Act'
  • harnessing science and technology as independent mover of development
• • The goal is to 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
• Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE)

  Capacity-building programs
• Manpower and institutional development programs

  Engineering and Science Education Program (ESEP) to produce more PhD graduates in science and engineering
• Establishment of regional centers

  To support specific industries that will country in different research and development areas
• Establishment of S & T business centers

  To assist, advise and incubate technopreneurship ventures
• Strengthen science education at an early stage

  Through the Philippine Science High School system
• • Use of alternative and safe energy

  • Harnessing mineral resources

  • Finding cure for various diseases and illness

  • Climate change and global warming

  • Increasing food production

  • Preservation of natural resources

  • Coping with natural disasters and calamities

  • Infrastructure development
• Queena Lee-Chua


  Identified 10 outstanding Filipino scientists who have made significant contribution in the Philippine science
• Ramon Cabanos Barba


  He developed a process that caused the flowering and fruiting of mango trees three times a year, instead on once a year, so dramatically improving yields
• Josefino Cacas Comiso


  • His research led to new insights into many important processes in the polar regions
  • Chief scientist in many NASA aircraft missions in the Arctic and Antarctic that included a flight over a nuclear submarine near the North Pole that demonstrated the feasibility of measuring sea ice thickness from space.
  • He has been a member of satellite sensor teams and has developed algorithms for the retrieval of sea ice concentration, surface temperature, and clouds