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By Mediatrix P. Cristobal

Science and Math teachers from the University of the Philippines (UP) and other premier institutions have proposed a revamp of the teaching system of Math and Science subjects to enhance and upgrade the competency of Filipino workforce that will run the country in the coming years.

Dr. Ester B. Ogena, Director of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute, said the framework, which the educators crafted, together with SEI, is a first in the country and it is a major step in contributing efforts towards becoming a knowledge economy.

"The penultimate intention of knowledge economy is to contribute to human or people development. This may be hard to reach but to attain this we need to ensure that the country stands on the four pillars of Knowledge Economy —Human Resource Capacity Building; Developing an Innovation System; Developing an ICT Infrastructure; and Providing for the Supportive Policies and Guidelines at all levels," she said.

Educators from all over the country joined together to assess the draft of the first science and mathematics education framework to 'define the philosophy and directions' for teaching and learning in science and mathematics.

Ogena pointed out that the two are critical in human resource-capacity building of the country, one of the major pillars for a knowledge economy.

University of the Philippines-National Institute of Science and Mathematics Education Development (UP-NISMED) Director Dr. Merle Tan said the framework aims to expose learners to engaging in meaningful, challenging, and relevant experiences and the teachers to be able to facilitate construction of knowledge from such experiences.

“School science should emphasize depth rather than breadth, coherence rather than fragmentation, and use of evidence in constructing explanations,” Tan said. - PNA

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