Fidel Ramos

Achievements in the Field of Science and Technology under the

administration of Fidel V. Ramos
Fidel V. Ramos, the 12th president of
the Philippines (1992–1998), is
remembered for steadfastly promoting
the principles of people empowerment
and global competitiveness. Ramos
believed that Philippines could attain the
status of new industrialized country
through Science and Technology.
 IN 1993
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENDA FOR NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT (STAND) WAS ESTABLISHED.

AMONG ITS PRIORITIES W ERE:

1. STAND Priority 1
exporting winners identified by the DTI

2. STAND Priority 2
domestic needs identified by the President’s Council for Countryside Development

3. STAND Priority 3
support industries

4. STAND Priority 4
coconut industry development
DID YOU KNOW?

• THAT THE FORMER CLARK AIR BASE WHICH

REOPENED AS THE CLARK ECONOMIC ZONE,

WAS DESIGNATED TO BE THE FUTURE PRIMARY

INTERNATIONAL OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF METRO

MANILA AND ITS NEIGHBORING PROVINCES.

DID YOU KNOW?

 THE CONGRESS GAVE THE PRESIDENT FIDEL RAMOS,

SPECIAL EMERGENCY POWER TO RESOLVE THE POWER
CRISIS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

 RAMOS THEN ISSUED LICENSES TO INDEPENDENT

POWER PRODUCERS (IPP) TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
POWER PLANTS WITHIN 24 MONTHS
 Congress during his term,
was able
to enact laws that proved significant
in education:
1. Magna Carta for Science and Technology Personnel (Republic Act No. 8439)
-With the passing of this law, schools were becoming more modernized and updated with the addition of
High Techonology Equipment for students and the teachers were getting training programs to enhance their
capabilities.
2. Science and Technology Scholarship Law of 1994 (Republic Act No.7687)
-The government provided 3,500 scholarships for students in the profession they are taking up related to
Science and Technology.
3. Inventors and inventions Incentives Act (Republic Act No. 7459).
- This law was established inorder give incentives and rewards for people who have been influential in the
field of science and technology.

SCHOOLS BECAME MODERNIZED AND UPDATED WITH THE ADDITION OF TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FOR
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO GET TRAINING PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE THEIR CAPABILITIES.
 Fidel V. Ramos directed the Department of Energy, Department of Science
and Technology and the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute to formulate a
comprehensive nuclear power program for the country.

Objectives of Nuclear Program:

1. To establish nuclear power as vial contributor to a reliable , safe ,
competitive and cost-effective energy supply.
2.To address safety environment concerns in the utilization of nuclear energy.
3. To develop other industries to support nuclear powers systemsin the long
term
4. To develop other uses of nuclear power
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DISCUSSION!
MEMBERS:
Española, Kesia Joy
Quirido, Elizabeth
Baloria, Desiree Shane
Espiritu, Mellegrace
Baltores, Nhikko