THE PHILIPPINE

GOVERNMENT SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
AGENDA
GROUP 4
 GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY

THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED AND

IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND
POLICIES TO BOOST THE AREA OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY.

PADILLA-CONCEPCION (2015) REPORTED THAT IN 2015, IN

RESPONSE TO THE ASEAN 2015 AGENDA, THE GOVERNMENT
PARTICULARLY THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY (DOST) HAS SOUGHT THE EXPERTISE OF THE
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES (NCRP)
TO CONSULT VARIOUS SECTORS IN THE SOCIETY TO STUDY
HOW PHILIPPINES CAN PREPARE ITSELF IN MEETING THE
 THE NCRP CLUSTERED THESE
POLICIES INTO FOUR, NAMELY:
1. SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES, EDUCATION,
INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE.
• INTEGRATING ASEAN AWARENESS IN BASIC EDUCATION
WITHOUT ADDING TO THE CURRICULUM.
• EMPHASIZING TEACHING IN THE MOTHER TONGUE.
• DEVELOPING SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDING
FOR ICT BROADBAND.
 
2. PHYSICS, ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, EARTH
AND SPACE SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS.
• EMPHASIZING DEGREES, LICENSES AND EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES.
• HARNESSING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS AN
3. MEDICAL, CHEMICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES.

• CREATING AN EDUCATION COUNCIL DEDICATED TO

STANDARDIZATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL
SERVICES AND CARE.
• EMPOWERING FOOD AND DRUG AGENCIES TO
CONDUCT EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH AS POOL OF
INFORMATION. 

4. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY.

• PROTECTING AND CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY BY
FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING LAWS.
• PROMOTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S CONSERVATION.
 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS AND
PERSONALITIES IN S&T IN
THE PHILIPPINES
 ARTICLE XIV SECTION 10-13 OF
THE 1987 PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION
• SECTION 10. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ARE ESSENTIAL
FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS. THE STATE
SHALL GIVE PRIORITY TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,
INVENTION, INNOVATION, AND THEIR UTILIZATION; AND TO
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND
SERVICES. IT SHALL SUPPORT INDIGENOUS, APPROPRIATE,
AND SELF-RELIANT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
CAPABILITIES, AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE COUNTRY’S
PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS AND NATIONAL LIFE.
• SECTION 11. THE CONGRESS MAY PROVIDE FOR
INCENTIVES, INCLUDING TAX DEDUCTIONS, TO
ENCOURAGE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS OF
BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS-IN-AID, OR OTHER FORMS OF
INCENTIVES SHALL BE PROVIDED TO DESERVING
SCIENCE STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS, SCIENTISTS,
INVENTORS, TECHNOLOGISTS, AND SPECIALLY GIFTED
CITIZENS.

• SECTION 12. THE STATE SHALL REGULATE THE TRANSFER

AND PROMOTE THE ADAPTATION OF TECHNOLOGY FROM
ALL SOURCES FOR THE NATIONAL BENEFIT. IT SHALL
ENCOURAGE THE WIDEST PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE
GROUPS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GENERATION AND
UTILIZATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
• SECTION 13. THE STATE SHALL PROTECT AND
SECURE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF
SCIENTISTS, INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHER
GIFTED CITIZENS TO THEIR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY AND CREATIONS, PARTICULARLY
WHEN BENEFICIAL TO THE PEOPLE, FOR SUCH
PERIOD AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW.
 DOST
• THE PRIMARY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BODY IN THE COUNTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR
PROVIDING CENTRAL DIRECTION,
LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION OF ALL
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES,
AND OF FORMULATING POLICIES, PROGRAMS
AND PROJECTS TO SUPPORT NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
 COUNCILS AND AGENCIES OF
DOST
• SECTORAL PLANNING COUNCILS
• RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES
• S&T SERVICE INSTITUTE
• COLLEGIAL BODY
• REGIONAL OFFICES
• PROVINCIAL S&T CENTERS
EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORTED
BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
THROUGH DOST.
• PROVIDING FUNDS FOR BASIC RESEARCH AND
PATENTS RELATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
• PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIP FOR UNDERGRADUATES
AND GRADUATES STUDIES OF STUDENTS IN THE
FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
• ESTABLISHING MORE BRANCHES OF THE
PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR
TRAINING YOUNG FILIPINOS IN THE FIELD OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
• BALIK SCIENTIST PROGRAM
• DEVELOPING SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY PARKS IN THE
ACADEMIC CAMPUSES.
• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
NATIONAL SCIENCE COMPLEX AND
NATIONAL ENGINEERING COMPLEX
WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES CAMPUS IN DILIMAN.
• THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- LOS BAÑOS IS A
SCIENCE PARADISE FOR AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY,
PLANT AND ANIMAL SCIENCE, AND VETERINARY
SCIENCE.
• THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- VISAYAS IS ALSO A
NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARINE SCIENCE, FISHERIES,
AND OTHER RELATED SCIENCES.
• THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- MANILA IS A
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AND HAS PRODUCES MANY
RESEARCHERS, DOCTOR, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND
SCIENTIST IN THE AREA OF MEDICAL AND PUBLIC
HEALTH.
• THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- DILIMAN ALSO HAS
ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
COMPLEX TO DEVELOP MORE RESEARCH AND
 DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY POLICIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
 the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman.

National
Goals

International Science and

Treaty Technology

 Policies
 Programs
Legal  Projects
Frameworks

Social needs,
issues and
politics
 THE THREE MAIN PILLARS OF
DEVELOPMENT
• MALASAKIT – REGAINS PEOPLE’S TRUST IN PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS AND CULTIVATE TRUST AMONG FELLOW
FILIPINOS
• PAGBABAGO – INEQUALITY-REDUCING TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH OF
OUTPUT AND INCOME
• PATULOY NA PAG-UNLAD – INCREASING POTENTIAL
GROWTH THROUGH SUSTAINING AND ACCELERATING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FAMOUS FILIPINOS IN THE
FIELD OF SCIENCE
RAMON CABANOS BARBA

• FOR HIS OUTSTANDING RESEARCH ON TISSUE CULTURE IN

PHILIPPINE MANGOES.
 ANGEL C. ALCALA, PH. D.

• RESEARCH ON THE ECOLOGY AND DIVERSITY OF

PHILIPPINE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, MARINE
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE
PROTECTED AREAS.
JOSEFINO CACAS COMISO
• FOR HIS WORKS ON OBSERVING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
ANTARTICA BY USING SATELLITE IMAGES.
LOURDES JANSUY CRUZ
• NOTABLE FOR HER RESEARCH ON SEA SNAIL VENOM.
 FABIA MILLER DAYRIT
• FOR HIS RESEARCH ON HERBAL MEDICINE.
EDGARDO D. GOMEZ, PH. D
• RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN
INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY. PIVOTAL IN THE
WORLD’S FIRST NATIONAL SCALE ASSESSMENT OF
DAMAGE TO CORAL REEFS.
 DIOSCORO L. UMALI
• AS A NATIONAL SCIENTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES AWARDEE AND
IS KNOWN AS "THE FATHER OF PHILIPPINE PLANT BREEDING."
HE WAS AWARDED SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL HONORS AND
DISTINCTIONS FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND
IMPROVEMENTS OF RICE, CORN AND OTHER ECONOMIC
PLANTS.
 JULIAN BANZON
• WAS A FILIPINO BIOCHEMIST AND A NATIONAL SCIENTIST OF
THE PHILIPPINES. BANZON IS CREDITED FOR HIS RESEARCH IN
ALTERNATIVE FUEL. HE RESEARCHED ON THE PRODUCTION OF
ETHYL ESTER FUELS FROM SUGARCANE AND COCONUTS AND
DEVISED A METHOD OF EXTRACTING RESIDUAL COCONUT OIL
THROUGH CHEMICAL MEANS.