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The Department of Education on Wednesday opened the 2026 National Science and Technology Fair (NSTF), with Education Secretary Sonny Angara urging Filipino learners to develop technology-driven options to urgent nationwide and international challenges.
Angara inspired younger innovators to pursue analysis that might assist tackle points akin to sustainable vitality, meals manufacturing and vitamin, and catastrophe resilience.
“In line with the vision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to leverage science and technology for a better quality of life, we urge our learners to pioneer solutions that address our most critical national challenges,” Angara mentioned.
The NSTF, held yearly by DepEd, is the nation’s prime platform for highschool college students to showcase analysis and improvements in science, technology, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM).
Pathway to international science competitors
The competitors additionally serves because the Philippine qualifying spherical for the International Science and Engineering Fair, thought of the world’s largest pre-college science competitors.
Angara cited the current worldwide recognition of college students from Patin-ay National High School in Agusan del Sur for his or her analysis on medicinal crops as proof of the worldwide competitiveness of Filipino youth in science and analysis.
“By mastering rapidly evolving technologies today, the Filipino youth serve as the primary architects of a more innovative and resilient Bagong Pilipinas,” he mentioned.
STEM analysis and innovation showcase
Participants from throughout the nation are competing in a number of NSTF actions, together with the Tuklas (STEM Research Competition), which options initiatives in Life Science, Physical Science, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, and Mathematics and Computational Science.
The truthful additionally consists of the STEM Innovation Expo, the place college students current market-ready applied sciences addressing points akin to meals security, water conservation, renewable vitality, cybersecurity, and well being.
Other actions embody the STEM Academy convention and Agham Bayanihan, a group exhibit the place companion establishments display science-based applied sciences and companies to the general public.—LDF, GMA Integrated News