Application
1. List some policies/programs of the government that steers the nation’s Science and Technology
forward. Describe these policies briefly, and give their Pros, as well as their Cons. Support your claims by
citing examples of their positive/negative impact to our nation’s development.
Policy/ Program
1. REPUBL REPUBLIC ACT
No. 2067
AN ACT TO INTEGRATE,
COORDINATE, AND
INTENSIFY SCIENTIFIC
AND TECHNOLOGICAL
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT AND TO
FOSTER INVENTION; TO
PROVIDE FUNDS
THEREFOR; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
2. DOST Gender and
Development Program
(DOST-GAD)
3. DOST Human Resource
Program
4. DOST-Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science
(DOST-JSPS) Joint
Scientific Cooperation
Program.
Pros (with Positive Cons (with Negative
Impacts) Impacts)
Strengthen the educational
system of the country so that
the same will provide a steady
source of competent scientific
and technological manpower.
This policy encourages our
scientist for innovation in
technological advancement for
the purpose of the public.
The program enables beneficiaries
to address their technical problems
through technology transfer and
technology interventions to
improve product quality, develop
human resources, minimize cost,
enhance waste management, and
other operation related activities.
This bilateral program aims to
establish sustainable collaborative
relations for the advancement of
the mutual benefits of the
Philippines and Japan under the
principle of reciprocity. It also aims
to promote scientific researches
and exchanges thorough exchange
of scientists, holding of scientific
seminars, and conduct of
dissertation and degree researches
under the joint guidance of Filipino
and Japanese advisers.