GENERAL

CONCEPTS
and
HISTORICAL
EVENTS in
SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOG
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College of Science,
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Science, Technology, and Nation-Building
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES

“The history of science and technology in the

Philippines started way before the country
gained independence from Americans.”
•Pre-Spanish Philippines
Embedded in the way of life of the people
•Spanish Colonization
▪ Establish schools for boys and girls and introduce the concept of
subjects and discipline

▪
The Spanish established colleges and universities in the archipelago
including the University of Santo Tomas.

▪ Medicines and advanced science were introduced in formal colleges

and universities established by the Catholic orders.
 ▪ The galleon trade has brought additional technology and development in
the Philippines
•American Colonization
▪ Thy established the public education system, improved the
engineering works and the health conditions of the people
 They established the modern research university, the University of the
Philippines, and created more public hospitals than the formal colonizer.

 On July 1, 1901, the Philippine Commission established the Bureau of

Government Laboratories which was placed under the Department of Interior.
On October 26, 1905, the Bureau of Government Laboratories was replaced by
the Bureau of Science.

 Science during the American period was inclined towards agriculture, food
processing, forestry, medicine and pharmacy.
 Influences in the Development of
Science and Technology in
- Internal
Philippines - Influences
 Survival
 Culture
External
 Economic
Influences Development
- Activities of Science
 Foreign and
Colonizers Technology
 Trades with
foreign
in the
countries Philippines
 International
Economic
Demands
GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY

•NRCP (National Research Council of the Philippines)

consult various sectors in the society to study how the
Philippines can prepare itself in the meeting of the ASEAN
2015 goals.

✔ Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, International Policies

and Governance
✔ Physics, Engineering and Industrial Research, Earth and Space
Sciences, and Mathematics
✔ Medical, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Sciences
 ✔ Biological Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry

•Existing programs supported by the Philippine government

through the DOST (Department of Science and Technology)

▪ Providing funds for basic research and patents related to science and technology
▪ Providing scholarship for undergraduate and graduate studies in the field
of science and technology
▪ Establishing more branches of the Philippine Science High School System
▪ Creating Science and Technology parks
▪ Balik Scientist Program
▪ Establishment of the National Science Complex and National Engineering
Complex within the UP campus
• The Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering
(PAASE) provides several capacity-building
programs

▪ Establishment of national centers of excellence

▪ Establishment of regional centers to support specific industries
▪ Manpower and institutional development programs
▪ Establishment of science and technology business centers
▪ Strengthen science education at an early stage through the
Philippine Science Highschool system
•In the field of Education
Special science classes were
 K-12 program focusing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics)
 Launch Philippine-California Advanced
Research Institutes Project (PICARI)

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 calamities
Infrastructure development
 •Philippine Congress created various laws related to
nce and Technology
lic Act 8439: An act providing a magna carta for scientist, engineers, researchers, and other science and technology p
lic Act 2067: “Science Act of 1958”

Republic Act 11312

Republic Act 10055: “Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009”
Philippine House Committee on Science and Technology
FAMOUS FILIPINOS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE

Josefino Cacas Comiso

Ramon Jose Bejar

Cabanos Cruz Jr.
Barba • Observing the • Known
• Outstanding characteristics of internationally in
research on tissue Antartica by using the field of
culture in satellite images engineering
Philippine
 Lourdes Jansuy Fabian Millar Enrique Mapua Rafael Dineros
Cruz Dayrit Ostrea Jr. Guerrero III
• Notable for her • Notable for his • Inventing the • Notable for his
research on sea research on herbal meconium drug research on tilapia
snail venom medicine testing culture
 Lilian Formalejo Patena Mari-jo Panganiban Gregory Ligot
Ruiz Tangonan

 Doing research on plant  Notable for being an  Known for his research on the
biotechnology outstanding educator and field of communications
graph theorist technology
 Caesar Saloma
• An internationally William Padolina
renowned physicist • Known in the field
of chemistry and
president of NAST

Fe Villanueva
Del Mundo
• Filipina
pediatrician, the
founder of the first
Edgardo Gomez pediatric hospital
n
Famous scientist i marine science in the Philippines. Angel Alcala
• Marine scientist