SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY AND
NATION BUILDING
ABELIDA, KC
BALAKIT, LEAH
DELA CRUZ EMIE JANE
RAMOS CRISTAL ANN
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES

PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD
SPANISH REGIME
AMERICAN PERIOD
COMMONWEALTH PERIOD
PERIOD OF INDEPENDENCE
PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD
Stagnant Scientific Development
Due to Lack of Pressure in
Invention and Innovation
Early Filipino develop tools from their surroundings
based on their purposes.
Wood, Nipa or Bamboo

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Early Filipino have their system
of writing (Baybayin)
Filipinos later discover
agriculture
They use science in preparing
the soil for agricultural
purposes.
Scientific was observe the way
they planted their crops and for
food production.
They discovered the medicine
uses of plants. Herbal healing
and other Indigenous Filipino
healing practices.
 SPANISH REGIME
Primary agricultural exporting
economy with government
support for research and
education
The pre-colonial ruling class, the datus,
and their hereditary successors serve as
the heads of the lowest local government;
as Cabezas de barangay.
DATUS
CABEZA DE BARANGAY
Significant role in the establishment of the
colonial educational system in the Philippines;

Primary instruction was mainly religious

education .
Higher education was provided by schools set up
by the different religious orders in the urban
centers .
 The Spanish regime caused the
Philippines' evolution into a primary
agricultural exporting economy with
government support for research and
education in this field
 The entry of foreign capital and
Technology brought modernization
Sugar and hemp production

HEMP
SUGAR RPODUCTION

SUGAR
RPODUCTION HEMP
 AMERICAN PERIOD
Government Support for
Scientific Research and
Development
there is an upsurge with the support of
the government through establishing
an extensive public school system and
public health programs.
Health and Sanitation
Filipinos learned the value of
cleanliness, proper hygiene and healthy
practices.
Hospitals, clinics, and health centers
were established including public
hospitals for lepers.
Health and Sanitation
Infrastructure
Americans built roads, streets and
bridges.
The new infrastructure helped to
make movement of products and
services more efficient.
Boulevards, zone districts, and centers
of leisure were also established.
Infrastructure
 Philippine General Hospital (PGH)

Infrastructure

Philippine Normal University (PNU)

COMMONWEALTH PERIOD

Development of Economic Self-

Reliance and Genuine Political
Independence
In 1935, the Philippine
Commonwealth was inaugurated
and ushered in a period of transition
to political independence.
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
in place of the abolished Weather Bureau;the
National Academy of Science and Technology
(NAST);and the reconstituted National Science
and Technology Authority (originally established
in 1958 as the National Science and Development
Board and now the Department of Science and
Technology),among others.
The government, which was by this time
completely under Filipino management, continued
to expand its public school system to
accommodate the increasing number of school
children.

The Government abolished Grade VII as the

terminal grade in the elementary curriculum and
also instituted the "double-single session" plan
thus reducing the time allotment or dropping
certain subjects in the elementary school.
 The Commonwealth government worked towards the development of
economic self-reliance which would be necessary to sustain genuine
political independence. It created the National Economic Council to
prepare an economic program and advise the government on
economic and financial questions.
 Several government corporations were reorganized and new ones were
created to perform such varied functions as
1. the exploitation and development of natural resources
2. the development and promotion of local industries
3. promotion of agricultural production and marketing; and the
like.
 The NDC was especially mandated to undertake the development of
successful researches of government science agencies (such as the
Bureaus of Science, Animal Industry and Plant Industry) for
commercial production.
 PERIOD OF INDEPENDENCE

Expanding number of science

agencies
and demand for high caliber
scientist and engineers
Since the Independence
in 1946, there has been
little to no innovation in
the field of education
and improvement to the
training of scientist and
engineers.
Until they create National Science
Development Technology (NSDB)

1960- different science agencies were

created by law, the expanding organization
and its function.
School science from primary to graduate
education is improving slowly, few students
enrolling in science and technology courses.

 Scientific development is a joint effort of

the government, community and society.
Science and technology may have a
significant impact on the lives of the Filipino
people and the Philippine society's
development.

 Science, Technology and Innovation had

become vital instruments in attaining
growth and building progressive society.
 THANK YOU!
KEEP SAFE AND God bless!!!