Public urged to join Nat’l Science & Technology Week celebration

By Ma. Cristina Arayata/Philippine News Agency

MANILA — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is inviting everyone to join the celebration of the National Science & Technology Week (NSTW) from July 17 to 21 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

The National S&T Week is being observed annually every July. The DOST regional offices also prepare various activities and celebrate the Regional S&T Week on different dates.

The NSTW serves as an avenue for DOST and its attached agencies to showcase to the public the achievements in the field of S&T, its impact on the people, livelihood and health, among others.

For this year, the NSTW carries the theme “Science for the People: Enabling Technologies for Sustainable Development”. Exhibits, fora, and film showing were prepared and are open to the public from July 17 (12 p.m. to 6 p.m.) and July 18-21 (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

Interested visitors must pre-register online at www.nstw.dost.gov.ph.

During the celebration, the public would see exhibits and demonstrations of various products on energy, health and medical care, resilience and innovation, food products, among others.

The DOST will also launch its newest mobile science learning facility called NuLab during the NSTW at the World Trade Center.

NuLab aims to enable senior high school students to discover their potentials in the various science, technology, engineering, mathematics fields, and take tertiary courses where they are most inclined to succeed and excel.

The NuLab can accommodate 24 students in one session and hold two sessions per day, according to DOST.

Balik scientists’ (returning scientists’) host institutions will also give talks about their experiences and the impact of the Balik Scientist program and law.

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