1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
1.1. PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD
1.1.1. TECHNOLOGY AND SKILLS
1.1.2. TRADE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE
1.1.3. AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING
1.1.4. INDIGINEOUS SCIENCE
1.1.4.1. FOLK SCIENCE
1.1.4.2. CULTURAL VALUES
1.2. COLONIAL PERIOD
1.2.1. SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD (1565-1898)
1.2.1.1. SCIENCE EDUCATION
1.2.1.2. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND TRADE
1.2.1.3. HEALTH AND RESEARCH
1.2.1.4. CHALLENGES TO SCIENTIFIC GROWTH
1.2.2. AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD (1398-1946)
1.2.2.1. EDUCATION SYSTEM
1.2.2.2. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR SCIENCE
1.2.2.3. INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
1.2.2.4. SCIENCE-FOCUSED REFORM
1.3. POST-COLONIAL PERIOD
1.3.1. BUILDING INSTITUTIONS AND SCIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE
1.3.2. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION
1.3.3. DEVELOPMENT UNDER FERDINAND MARCOS (1965-1986)
1.3.4. CONTRIBUTIONS OF POST MARCOS PRESIDENTS
1.3.4.1. CORAZON AQUINO
1.3.4.2. FIDEL RAMOS
1.3.4.3. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
1.3.4.4. RECENT LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
2. GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2.1. DOST PROGRAMS
2.1.1. SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES, EDUCATION, INTERNATIONAL POLICIES
2.1.2. PHYSICS, ENGINEERING, EARTH & SPACE SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS
2.1.3. MEDICAL, CHEMICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
2.1.4. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE, AND FORESTRY
2.2. DOST PROJECTS
2.3. PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
2.4. PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
2.4.1. GOALS
2.4.2. PILLARS