Policies

National Science and Technology Plan, 2002–2020 (NSTP) and the Harmonized Agenda for Science and Technology, 2002–2020

The Philippine government focuses on building technological self-reliance through the National Science and Technology Plan, 2002-2020. Meanwhile, the Harmonized Agenda for Science and Technology, 2002-2020 builds on NSTP, 2002-2020 to provide detailed plans to achieve technological self-reliance especially for the purposes of economic growth and disaster risk reduction. The aims of these plans are reflected in legislation such as the Fast-Tracked Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 2013 which “expands the coverage of existing scholarship programmes and strengthens the teaching of science and mathematics in secondary schools,” and the Philippine National Health Research System Act of 2013 has :formed a network of national and regional research consortia to boost domestic capacity.”²

Source:

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. “Southeast Asia and Oceania,” in UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 (Paris: UNESCO, 2015), 693-731. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000235406.