MAJOR DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMS AND PERSONALITIES

IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE

PHILIPPINES
PRESENTED BY : LEONARD HAPON
Philippine science and
technology have a long
history, back to the early
American colonial period
during which the Bureau of
Science was created.
Moreover, the public
school system was created
at about the same period.
University of the
Philippines
Major shifts in the direction of the Philippines science and technology
took place right after the proclamation of independence in 1946.
reorganize into an institute of science.
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There were also major In response to these

shifts in the 1950s and problems and to the need
1960s that focused on for science and
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science and technology technology to generate

institutional capacity products and processes
building. that were supposed to
infrastructure-support have greater beneficial
facilities impact on the country.
In the 1980s, research utilization was given stroger emphasis

NSTA - National Science and Technology Authority

PCHRD - Philippine Council for Health Research and
Development
PCIERD - Philippine Council for Industry and Energy
Research and Development
PCARRD - Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry
and Natural Resources Research and Development
NRCP - National Research Council of the Philippines
The creation of the councils and research institutes
under the NSTA showed a clear shift in science
policy from one of a technology push to a demand-
pull strategy.

After the EDSA Revolution in 1986, the NSTA was

reorganized into what is now called the Department
of Science and Technology (DOST) by virtue of
Executive Order 128.
For more effective delivery of certain functions, the
DOST was further restructured, resulting in the
establishment of the:

TAPI - Technology Application and Promotion

Institute
SEI - Science Education Institute
STII -Science and Technology Information Institute
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The National Institute of Science and Technology was
reorganized into the present Industrial Technology
Development Institute.

PCASTRD -Philippine Council for Advanced Science and

Technology Research and Development

PCAMRD -Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine

Research and Development
Furthermore, the leadership
of DOST placed great
emphasis on massive
technology transfer
activities. It also initiated
specific interventions
through various programs
such as the Comprehensive
Technology Transfer and
Commercialization (CTTC).
Science and Technology
services were also provided to
supplement R&D and
technology transfer:
upgrading of testing
standardization and quality
control services
various forms of
technical assistance and
consulting services.
R & D institutes undertook contract research to
foster collaboration among the institutes, the
private sector, and the academe. Furthermore, they
initiated funding assistance to technology
developers and acceptors through tie-ups with
financing institutions such as the Development
Bank of the Philippines, Technology Livelihood
Resource Center, Landbank, and Private
Development Corporation of the Philippines.
To facilitate the transfer of foreign technology, science
parks were set up. These parks were also intended to:

serve as vehicles for university interaction with

private industry.
develop new knowledge-based industries and
strengthen existing ones
provide a propitious environment for innovation and
contract research
In 1998 a presidential task force on Science
and Technology was formed to deal with the
overall problems confronting R&D and S&T
development in the country, and to formulate
an S&T development plan that would support
the national development goal of attaining a
newly industrialized country status by the year
2000.
During the Ramos administration
the DOST initiated a Science and
Technology Agenda for National
Development
(STAND Philippines 2000),
which embodied the country’s
technology development plan in
the medium term, in particular,
for the period 1993-1998.
 Modernization of the Production Sectors

CTTC - Comprehensive Technology Transfer and Commercialization Program

Support programs for the CTTC
Investors
National and regional technology fairs
Technology financing programs
Information services
DOST training centers
Regional and provincial S&T centers
DOST Academy Technology Business Entrepreneurship Development Program
Technology business incubators
Science and technology parks
Global search for technology
Program of assistance to investors
 Upgrading of R & D Activities

R&D priority plan

Grant-in-aids program
Contract Research Program
R&D Incentive Programs


Development of R&D Infrastructure

Manpower Development Program in Science and Engineering

Grade school and secondary school level
Vocational and Technical Education
Scientific Career System (SCS)
Utilization of Filipino exports
Recognition of S&T efforts
Balik-Scientists Program Development of S&T culture
Organizing and strengthening S&T
 MAJOR PERSONALITIES IN
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN
THE PHILIPPINES

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was a Filipino
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