WHAT IS GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY?

“Science and technology policy covers the public sector measures designed for
the creation, funding, support, and mobilization of scientific and technological
resources,”Rigas Arvanitis writes in Science and Technology Policy, while the
Library of Congress, Science, Technology & Business Division defines the field
as: ” One of the public policies that promotes appropriate funding to advance
scientific and technological research and education, studies the impact of science
and technology upon its citizenry, and prescribes regulation, if necessary.”
 GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE ACT OF 1958
• OBJECTIVES:

• Know the different government policies on science and technology, and also the pros and
cons of Republic Act of 2067 or the Science Act of 1958.

• Understand the topics being discussed, and be participative.

 DEFINITION OF TERMS
National Research Council of the Philippines
- an attached agency to the Department of Science and Technology, is an advisory body
to the Philippine Government on matters of national interest.

ASEAN- Association of Southeast Asian Nations

- is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes
intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military ,
educational, and sociocultural integration between its members and other countries in Asia.

NCRP- The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

- seeks to formulate and widely disseminate information, guidance and recommendations on
radiation protection and measurements which represent the consensus of leading scientific
thinking.
ICT- Information and Communication Technologies
- refers to all communication technologies, including the internet, wireless networks, cell
phones, computers, software, middleware, video-conferencing,
Social networking, and other media applications and services enabling users to access, retrieve,
store, transmit, and manipulate information in a digital form.

Human genome
- is a complete set of nucleic acid sequences for humans, encoded as DNA within the 23
chromosome pairs in cell nuclei and in small DNA molecule found within the individual
mitochondria. These are usually treated separately as the nuclear genome and the mitochondrial
genome.
Engineering and Science Education Program (ESEP)
- is a science and mathematics-oriented curriculum devised for high schools in the
Philippines. The ESEP program is offered by specialized high schools, whether public or
private, supervised by the Department of Education.

Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes (PICARI)

- a.is a project of the Philippine government`s Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in a
collaboration with California-based and leading Philippine academic institutions.

Indigenous
- are the holders of unique languages, knowledge systems and beliefs and possess invaluable
knowledge of practices for the sustainable management of natural resources.
 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. The goal is to prepare the whole country and its people to
meet the demands of a technologically driven world and capacitate the people to live in a world
driven by science.

According to Padilla-Concepcion (2015). In response to the ASEAN 2015 Agenda.

The government, particularly Department of Science and Technology (DOST), has sought the
expertise of the National Research Council of the Philippines to consult various sectors in the society
to study how the Philippines can prepare itself in meeting the ASEAN 2015 goals.
 THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE
PHILIPPINES (NCRP) CLUSTERED THESE
POLICIES INTO FOUR:

• Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, International Policies and Governance

• Physics Engineering and Industrial Research, Earth and Space Sciences, and Mathematics

• Medical, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Biological Sciences, Agriculture, and Foresty

 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 the ICT broadband.

• Local food security.

 PHYSICS, ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL
RESEARCH, EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES, AND
MATHEMATICS
• Emphasizing degrees licenses, and employment opportunities.

• Outrights grants for peer monitoring.

• Harnessing science and technology as an independent mover of development.

• Review of RA 9184.
 MEDICAL, CHEMICAL, AND
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
• Ensuring compliance of drug-manufacturing firms with ASEAN-harmonized standards by
full implementation of the Food and Drug Administration.

• Creating and education council dedicated to standardization of pharmaceutical services and

care.

• Empowering food and drug agencies to conduct evidenced-based research as pool of

information.

• Allocating two percent of the GDP to research.

• Legislating a law supporting human genome projects.

 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,
AGRICULTURE, AND FORESTY
• Protecting and conserving biodiversity by full implementation of existing law.

• Use of biosafety and standard model by ASEAN countries.

• Promoting indigenous knowledge systems and indigenous people`s conservation.

• Formulation of common food and safety standards.

THERE ARE ALSO OTHER EXISTING
PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY THE PHILIPPINE
GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY (DOST)
• Providing funds for basic research and patents related to science and technology.

• Providing scholarships for undergraduate and graduate studies of students in the field of
science and technology.

• Establishing more branches of the Philippine Science High School SYSTEM.

• Balik Scientist Program to encourage Filipino Scientists abroad to come home and work in
the Philippines.

• Developing science and technology parks in academic campuses to encourage academe and
industry partnerships.

• The establishment of the National Science Complex and National Engineering Complex
within the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman.
 THE CURRENT K TO 12 EDUCATION
PROGRAM INCLUDES SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND
MATHEMATICS (STEM)
• The Commission on Higher Education has launched its Philippine-California Advanced
Research Institutes (PICARI) Project to strengthen the STEM competitiveness of the
country.

• The Philippine Congress has also created various laws related to science and technology.
These laws vary according to different themes such as: conservation, health-related,
technology-building, and supporting basic research, among others.
• Some laws and policies are in line with international treaties such as:

1. The United Nations (UN);

2. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO);

3. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

 OTHER AREAS AND FIELD THAT THE
COUNTRY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO
EMBARK VARIOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS.
• Use of alternative and safe energy.
• Harnessing mineral resources.
• Finding cure for various diseases and illness.
• Increasing food production.
• Preservation of natural resources.
• Coping with natural disaster and calamities.
• Infrastracture development
 In the field of education, several science and related programs and projects
were created to develop the scientific literacy of the country.
Special science classes were organized and special science elementary
schools were established in different regions.
Aside from these, science, and mathematics in basic education were continuously
improved.
SCIENCE
ACT OF

1958
“ Republic Act of 2067”
 SCIENCE OF ACT 1958
In the Philippines, the development of Science and Technology has for
some time been included in Republic Act No. 2067 also called the
”Science Act of 1958”. This was established to incorporate, coordinate,
and intensify. Scientific and Technological research and development and
to foster invention including allocation of funds and different purposes.
 SCIENCE ACT OF 1958
The development of science and technology became official state
policy after RA 2067 or this “Science Act of 1958” was established. It
illustrated provisions that were like those of the act that came
preceded it, which required the creation of the National Science
Development Board.

More over the DOST has been putting efforts to ingrain certainty and trust in public
awareness. The truth will surface eventually if the state will keep one receiving the rewards of
its investment in the public pursuits in the sciences.
 THE ADVANTAGES OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
• The vast improvements made in the field of medicine
have served to lengthen our life expectancy and to
reduce the rate of infant mortality.
• The discovery of mechanization, better seeds, better
techniques of irrigation
• In transportation, railway, modern ocean liner, jet plane,
and motor vehicle have made our lives more comfortable
and provided great possibilities for modern commercial
development and industrialization.
• The invention of the computer has assisted the process of calculation in
laboratories.
• Technology has made communication much simpler in recent times.
• Science has brought about groundbreaking solutions to numerous
deadly diseases.
• Man is able to explore the space extensively because of the wide-scale
development in technology.
• Modern hygiene, sanitation, medicine, and surgery are conquering
more and more physical and mental ills day by day. We now know and
experience the joys of good health and longevity.
 THE DISADVANTAGES OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
1. It can be easily handled by irresponsible people.
2. We will be too dependent on that. When technology fails, we are
helpless.
3. Invasion of our private life.
4. Rising rate of cyber criminality, hacking, theft of personal information
and pornography websites.
5. Economies lagging behind in the integration of new technologies are
seen as poor economies and their progress in the world is hampered.
6. Science has been responsible for pollution and given us the nuclear
bomb that threatens our very existence.
• Machines have led to unemployment.
• They have polluted the water and atmosphere. They have cause noise
pollution.
• Factories have led to slums where human beings live in squalor.
• Machine make us mechanical, deaden our sensibilities, stifle our
creative talents, force mechanical regularity, uniformity and boredom
upon us, increase our wants and desires, and tend to make us selfish,
greedy and cruel.
• Geographical distance has, no doubt, vanished, but the gulf between
the minds and hearts of man has widened.
 SUMMARY
Today technology is very important because it is used for almost
everything and like everything, technology has advantges and
disadvantage. We are in danger of destroying ourselves with
these monstrous means which, ironically, are our own creations.
Rightly used science can bring heaven on earth. Wrongly used,
it can turns this earth into hell by destroying civilization.
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