SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY IN
THE PHILIPPINES: A
HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE
PHILIPPINES:A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

 Agriculture
 Neolithic age/ Tools/ Boat
 Medicine
 Prediction of weather
 Alphabet, system of writing, method of counting
SPANISH COLONIAL
PERIOD
·Colonization of the Philippines contributed to the growth of
science and technology

·Early years of Spanish rule in the Philippines

· University of Santo Tomas

· In 1871 the school of medicine and pharmacy was opened

at the University of Santo Tomas

· In 1865 the Jesuits promoted meteorological studies and

founded the Manila Observatory at the Ateneo Municipal de
Manila
AMERICAN PERIOD & POST
COMMONWEALTH ERA
July 1,1901- Philippine Commission established
the Bureau of Government Laboratories.

Oct. 26, 1905- Bureau of Government

Laboratories replaced by the Bureau of
Science

Dec. 8, 1933- National Research Council of

the Philppines was recognized.

1946- Bureau of Science was replaced by the

Institute of Science

1958- Philippine Congress passed the Science

Act of 1958
MARCOS ERA AND
MARTIAL LAW
 Science was given importance during the Marcos Regime.

 1973 – Philippine Constitution, Article XV, Section 9,

“Advancement of Science and Technology shall have priority in national
“Development”.

 Many laws were enacted promoting Science and Technology.

 January 23,1967 – Science was necessary for the development programs.

 1968 – Technology was recognized as the leading factor in economic

development.

 The National Science Development Board established Philippine Atomic

Energy Commission to explore the uses of Atomic energy for economic
Development.
 Major development project to reform education were done.

 Research and Development

 Establishment of Technical Institutes
 Science Education Centers
 Agricultural Colleges
 Vocational High Schools

 Philippine Council for Agricultural Research was also established to support

progressive development of the following:
 Agriculture
 Forestry
 Fisheries

 Presidential Decree No. 49, s. 1972

Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services ( PAG-ASA)

 Philippine National Oil Company – PD. No. 334, s. 1973

 1976 – National Academy on Science and Technology
“Innovative Achievement in the basic and applied sciences.

 1979 – Government funded scientific research conducted by NSDB, Philippine Council for
Agricultural Research and Resources, The Plant Breeding Institute, The International Rice
Research Institute, Bureau of Plant Industry, and The Bureau of Forest Products.

 1980 – National Committee on Geological Sciences.

Executive Order No. 625, s. 1980

 Executive Order No. 784, s. 1982

National Sciences Development Board and its support agencies was re-organized.

 1986 – Mindanao and Visayas campuses of the Philippine Science High School were
established. Executive Order No. 1090, s. 1986
FIFTH REPUBLIC
-The national science and technology authority was
replaced by the department of science and
technology.

- 1967-1992 under the medium term development

plan, science and technology role in economic
recovery and sustained economic growth.
- August 8,1988 the first science and technology
master plan (STMP) was formulated

- Philippines becomes the second in Japan in terms of

science and technology

-R.A. 6655 or the free public secondary education act

of 1988 opened free education at the secondary
level.