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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.

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Farmers believed their children will not have a future if they become rice farmers. Most Qfarmers want their children to obtain college education so they can work on non-farming jobs in urban areas or abroad.

Around 65% of the farmers wanted their children to stay away from rice farming, while only more than a third of them (35%) wanted their children to be rice farmers too. These are based on a study on “Aging Filipino Rice Farmers and Their Aspirations for Their Children,” done by Florencia G. Palis of the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

A farmer household survey was conducted among 923 farmers who were randomly selected from the three provinces representing each of the three big islands: Isabela for Luzon, Iloilo for the Visayas, and Agusan del Norte for Mindanao. The survey was complemented by in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to further understand the lives and situations of Filipino farmers.

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Contrary to popular assumption that working and studying from home might bring relief, an online survey during the pandemic shows otherwise.

In an online survey of 288 Filipinos conducted between April and May this year, while the country is on an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), many respondents expressed that the top two things wherein they experienced most difficulties with are: working or studying at home and their income being greatly affected by missing work days.

Another finding is that while the internet was cited as the main source of information on COVID, newspapers, despite being cited as source of information by some respondents, was reported as being the most trusted source.

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As a result of community quarantine guidelines that continue to restrict face-to-face interactions and mass gatherings, the education sector has adopted major changes in its overall system of education and learning delivery to the country’s millions of students under the “new normal.”

Seeing this as an opportunity rather than a liability, the DOST-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) shall hold a three-part webinar series to equip science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers with the knowledge, skills, and techniques for the latest learning modalities including the use of the Science and Technology Academic Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks or STARBOOKS.

STARBOOKS, popularly referred to as the library-in-a-box, is an award-winning knowledge and learning resource of the Institute to provide students and teachers with greater access to the latest science, technology, and innovation (STI) information to supplement their textbooks and learning tools.