Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a resolution seeking a commendation from the Senate for the Philippine Robotics Team for bagging two awards at the FIRST Robotics Competition Hawaii Regional.

In his resolution, Lapid said Filipino students could be at par with those abroad especially in fields like robotics with the appropriate training that the government could provide.

A total of 288 teachers and incoming fourth year students around the country will undergo a week of intensive training and hands-on activities in science, mathematics and engineering as the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) the first Science, Mathematics and Engineering Camp (SME Camp).

Davao City, Philippines—The Department of Science and Technology launched on Wednesday (April 15) the Courseware Website in its bid to make the learning modules more reachable to the Filipino students and teachers.

At the opening ceremony of the 1st Science Camp of the Mindanao Opportunities for Vitalized Education for the Upgrading of Science (MOVE UPS) held at the Philippine Science High School campus here, Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro said the expansion of the coverage of the courseware through the world wide web would ensure that the learning modules could reach even the farthest corners of the country.

A more meaningful summer awaits students from 60 public elementary schools in Mindanao as they participate in the first ever Science camp under the Mindanao Opportunities for Vitalized Education for the Upgrading of Science (MOVE UPS).

At the opening ceremonies of the Science Camp held at the Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus in Tugbok District, Davao City, Department of Science and Technology Secretary Dr. Estrella F. Alabastro prodded the students from the different public elementary schools in Mindanao to acquire as much knowledge and experience as they can so that they may be able to share it to their classmates when classes start in June.

“We want our students to improve their performance and be able to have a greater chance of getting a spot in our science high schools. The MOVE UPS Science Camp is just the spark that we lit to ablaze their interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” she said..