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ACTIVITY 6:Answer the following

In the country, the state of science education is underprivileged behind other countries in the
world. The results of the Second International Science Study (SISS) and Third International Mathematics
and Science Study (TIMSS) placed the Philippines in disadvantaged positions among
participating nations (Philippine Department of Education, Culture, and Sports et al. 2000). The
Philippines ranked almost at the bottom of the list of seventeen (17) nations which took part in this
large-scale evaluation of educational achievement. National achievement test (NAT) results
conducted from 2004-2012 shows a fluctuating score in science but still it is below from the
passing rate that the Department of Education established (The National Achievement Test in the
Philippines, 2013).

1. The portion of the article above gives a glimpse of the status of the science education of our
country. If you are one of the heads involved in the education sector, what program will you
implement to improve the quality of science education of the country? Give details of it.
2. Identify one Filipino indigenous knowledge, if possible, from your place of origin. Give
detailsabout it.