2020 Nat’l Informatics Olympiad goes online
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After bagging a bronze medal in last year’s International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), the organizers behind the country’s participation in the prestigious plum are wasting no time—pandemic and all—to put together the best team to challenge the world in programming.
The IOI is a competitive programming competition for secondary school students from more than 80 countries a year. It involves a series of individual contests on computer programming, hence, each participant is awarded a medal depending on his/her final score.
Virtual technology training webinars offer livelihood opportunities
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Looking for livelihood opportunities while at home during this pandemic?
The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) offers online training webinars — for FREE! This is DOST-FPRDI’s way of extending its support to the forest-based and allied sectors amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DOST REPORT EPISODE 14: Weekly Report by Sec. Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña and POST-SONA Special
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PRESS RELEASE
DOST REPORT
EPISODE 14: Weekly Report by Sec. Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña
and POST-SONA Special
DOST initiatives
A full month into the 2nd semester of 2020, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the leadership of Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña continues to put forth its initiatives to fight COVID-19 under the 4-Ks categories under Kalusugan, Kaayusan, Kabuhayan, and Kinabukasan.
DOST launches Halal Training Modules
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) launched on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 the Halal Training Modules aimed to help boost the Halal industry in the country.
Three modules namely ‘Halal Concepts and Principles’, ‘Halal Assurance System’, and ‘Halal Management System’ were developed by the DOST Region XI Halal Training Needs Assessment (TNA) team and were validated in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao clusters.