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S&T enthusiasts are in for a treat this coming  17 to 21 July 2018  as the  Department of Science and Technology (DOST)  headed by  Sec. Fortunato T. de la Peña  leads the nation in celebrating the  2018 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW)  at the  World Trade Center (Halls A-C)  in Pasay City.  Held annually, the  NSTW highlights how science, technology and innovation (STI) play a major part in achieving national development .  This year's NSTW will carry the theme  "Science for the People: Innovation for Collective Prosperity." The exhibit for this year will simulate an ecosystem of how STI work together for the progress of a community. Technologies developed by the DOST and its attached agencies, as well as its partners, will be displayed for the first time via interactive displays in four clusters namely: STI at Home, STI in School, STI in the Workplace and STI in the Marketplace.  Gu...

The United Nations, in dialogue with the International Committee for the UN End Poverty Day, agreed on the 2018 theme of the UN Day: Coming together with those furthest behind to build an inclusive world of universal respect for human rights and dignity From January 2018 to April 2018, a brainstorming was held in New York followed by an on-line consultation to develop proposals for the theme for October 17, 2018. The informal working group in New York agreed initially to propose the following themes for consideration and further consultation: 1. Ensuring that human rights are a reality for all: overcoming together the challenges of reaching those furthest behind. 2. Coming together with those furthest behind to build a world of universal respect for human rights and dignity. These two proposals reflected the fact that  2018 will mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)  which will be observed at the UN and around the world. In ...

Also known as  International Teachers Day, World Teachers Day  is held yearly on October 5. Since its set up in 1994, the day celebrates the marking of the ” teaching in Freedom” in 1996. Last year the theme was “Engaging Teachers”. It is observed all over the world over since 1994 after the UNESCO Recommendation concerning Teachers. What is the purpose of the World Teachers Day? Its point is to centre around “acknowledging, evaluating and enhancing the instructors of the world” and to give a chance to consider the issues identified with educators and the teaching process in general. The  year World Teachers’ Day honoured the twentieth commemoration of the 1997 UNESCO points concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel, bringing the occasionally disregarded zone of showing staff at Higher Education foundations into the discussion about teachers. In 2018 the teachers day will be on a Friday, and it is worth following. The event has consisten...