BAGUIO
CITY -- The Dept. of Science and Technology has allocated P9 million funds for
its community empowerment through science and technology (CEST) project for
insurgency– affected and isolated areas in Cordillera this 2021.
This is in line with the government’s goal to bring inclusive and sustainable growth to every community in the country even as Grade 12 students in the region were urged to apply for DOST scholarship program.
DOST Cordillera will also bring in around 3.96 million from its regional grant-in-aid program while involved local government units will have their counterpart of P2.46 million.
DOST Cordillera director Nancy Bantog said under the CEST program, 59 barangays in 14 municipalities in Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province are set to benefit from science and technology programs that focus on economic development, health and nutrition, human resource development, environmental protection and conservation; and disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
The 2021 CEST program will commence this March and will be implemented up to December of this year.
It aims to achieve a sustained and improved livelihood conditions, developed science culture in schools, improved health and nutrition, disaster resilient and environment - friendly community, in all the target areas.
Aside from bringing in sustainable livelihood programs for the residents of identified barangays, DOST Cordillera will also bring in the Starbooks for enhanced access to S&T information to priority public schools, the ceramic water filter technology for potable drinking water, food for nutritional school feeding program and other DOST-developed technologies that will help in environmental protection and DRR-CCA, among others, Bantog said.
DOST Cordillera has scholars from every municipality in Cordillera but it is looking on how to bring more scholarship grantees from barangay beneficiaries as DOST.– PIA Cordillera
This is in line with the government’s goal to bring inclusive and sustainable growth to every community in the country even as Grade 12 students in the region were urged to apply for DOST scholarship program.
DOST Cordillera will also bring in around 3.96 million from its regional grant-in-aid program while involved local government units will have their counterpart of P2.46 million.
DOST Cordillera director Nancy Bantog said under the CEST program, 59 barangays in 14 municipalities in Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province are set to benefit from science and technology programs that focus on economic development, health and nutrition, human resource development, environmental protection and conservation; and disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
The 2021 CEST program will commence this March and will be implemented up to December of this year.
It aims to achieve a sustained and improved livelihood conditions, developed science culture in schools, improved health and nutrition, disaster resilient and environment - friendly community, in all the target areas.
Aside from bringing in sustainable livelihood programs for the residents of identified barangays, DOST Cordillera will also bring in the Starbooks for enhanced access to S&T information to priority public schools, the ceramic water filter technology for potable drinking water, food for nutritional school feeding program and other DOST-developed technologies that will help in environmental protection and DRR-CCA, among others, Bantog said.
DOST Cordillera has scholars from every municipality in Cordillera but it is looking on how to bring more scholarship grantees from barangay beneficiaries as DOST.– PIA Cordillera
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