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Having an entrepreneurial mindset early on can be an added advantage for Filipino students. At the same time, it can also fill the gap in areas where there is a lack of investments like in the provinces, said Monchito Ibrahim, deputy executive director of the Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICT Office).

Certain places in the country lack investment opportunities for various reasons. Among these are security issues, lack of or limited infrastructure, and unsuitability of its geographical location.

 

The complementary food feeding program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Jabonga, a third class municipality in Agusandel Norte, helped decrease malnutrition incidence from a high of 74 percent to 34 percent, according to a study.

The study, tied up with  a 120-day complementary food feeding program, is conducted by DOST’s  Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI).

 

Butuan City, Caraga - A globally recognized digital science library developed by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), is now being used as a handy research tool for students at 11 high schools in Eastern Mindanao.

Recently, DOST-STII launched STARBOOKS or Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosk Stations in the said sites during the Butuan City, CARAGA Region stop of the Department’s national roadshow dubbed Science Nation: Agham na Ramdam.