The Senate Committee on Science and Technology recently approved the bill seeking to expand the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) system, a measure aimed at improving access to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education nationwide.
The Senate Committee on Science and Technology recently approved the bill seeking to expand the Philippine Science High School system, a measure aimed at improving access to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education nationwide.
At present, the PSHS system admits only around 1,875 students annually out of 23,000 to 30,000 examinees. The bill also seeks to address teacher shortages and the lack of PSHS campuses in underserved areas, including the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao . “The operation will only stabilize when all the campuses are established, so after six years,” she said partly in Filipino.
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