{"id":42677,"date":"2021-04-16T12:23:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=42677"},"modified":"2021-04-16T12:23:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:23:54","slug":"dost-sei-partners-vow-more-intl-victories-for-pinoy-stem-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2021\/04\/16\/dost-sei-partners-vow-more-intl-victories-for-pinoy-stem-students\/","title":{"rendered":"DOST-SEI, partners vow more int\u2019l victories for Pinoy STEM students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From math Olympiads to robotics competitions, Filipino students have been consistently making their mark in the international arena thanks to the tireless efforts of the Department of Science and Technology &#8211; Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) and its educational partners\u2014some of whom have been the agency\u2019s allies for well over two decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute and its partners recently reaffirmed their shared commitment to promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing ceremony on April 14, 2021. The entire event was held online, a poignant reminder of the unusual circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as of the determination and creativity of the various agencies to overcome these challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile Filipinos will always be known for our resiliency, it\u2019s time that we thrived beyond that,\u201d said DOST-SEI Director Josette T. Biyo. \u201cWe are thankful to our partners for helping us and our Filipino youth to grow into something bigger and brighter, through STEM.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dir. Biyo presided over the ceremony, with long-time partners in attendance including National Olympiad in Informatics, Philippines; the Asian MathSci League, Inc.; FELTA Multi-Media, Inc.; the Mathematics Trainers\u2019 Guild, Philippines; the Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology; the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology; the Philippine Meterological Society, Inc.; the Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs, Inc.; and the Mathematical Society of the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThough the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational landscape around the world, we look forward to continue to inspire our youth to pursue STEM careers by showing them that they have the capability to win against all odds in international competitions,\u201d Dir. Biyo concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From math Olympiads to robotics competitions, Filipino students have been consistently making their mark in the international arena thanks to the tireless efforts of the Department of Science and Technology &#8211; Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) and its educational partners\u2014some of whom have been the agency\u2019s allies for well over two decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":42678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1311,6753,96,2727],"class_list":["post-42677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-dost","tag-dost-sei","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}