2nd Can Satellite plum to highlight space week ‘16
04 October 2016
The Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) is set to continue the momentum of last year’s historic celebration of the World Space Week (WSW) with the second installment of the Can Satellite (Can Sat) Competition.
The competition, along with the annual National Water-boosted Rocket Launching and Poster Making Contests, will highlight the 18th WSW celebration, which will be brought back to Los Baños, Laguna on October 5-7.
The Can Sat competition, which has versions in Europe, the United States and Asia, was adopted by the country beginning last year as a platform to excite high school students in space science through development and launching of soda can-sized satellites that can gather basic atmospheric data.
“It guides students to the actual satellite development process—from designing, building, launching, up to collecting, transmitting, and analyzing data,” said Dr. Josette Biyo, Director of DOST-SEI. “It is our way of making them interested in space science.”
SEI chief to receive ‘Education Leadership Award’
01 August 2016
Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) Director Dr. Josette Biyo is set to receive a prestigious Educational Leadership Award from the World Education Congress of CMO Asia.
The Award will be given at 7th Asia’s Education Excellence Awards to be held on August 5, 2016 at the Pan Pacific Marina Square in Singapore.
The Asia's Education Excellence Awards are given to “individuals and institutions that have surpassed several levels of excellence” and set examples of exemplary leadership and have made a difference in the communities and the nation they serve. Biyo’s award consists a Citation.
The said award, as well as the other individual and institutional awards to be handed by CMO Asia in the said event, is intensely researched on by a group of international judges who shortlisted prospects based on their extraordinary work and track record of achievements. A Jury comprising of senior professionals and leaders from across the globe then reviewed the shortlist.
Phl makes mathematics history, nabs 2 gold in 57th IMO
18 July 2016
BEST TEAM EVER. The national team to the 57th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) finally nabbed not just one, but two gold medals—along with two silvers and two honourable mentions—marking the first time in 28 years that the Philippines claimed the top prize.
In the photo (from L-R): Clyde Wesley S. Ang of Chiang Kai Shek College, Farrell Eldrian S. Wu of MGC New Life Christian Academy, Kyle Patrick F. Dulay of Philippine Science High School – Main Campus, Shaquille Wyan Que of Grace Christian College, Vince Jan Torres of Sta. Rosa Science and Technology High School, and Albert John Patupat of Holy Rosary College.
It is the biggest news that is nearly three decades in the making.
The Philippines, long-time participant in the most prestigious mathematics competition in the world—the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)—has finally nabbed not just one, but two gold medals, marking the first time in 28 years that the Philippines claimed the top prize.
Young math wizards Farrell Eldrian S. Wu of MGC New Life Christian Academy and Kyle Patrick F. Dulay of Philippine Science High School – Main Campus, both veterans in the IMO and other international math competitions, scored 30 and 29 points, respectively, to secure the first ever set of gold medals in history for the country.
