1st in Central Visayas
The Department of Science & Technology-Negros Oriental and the Department of Education-Dumaguete City Division, together with the DOST Metals Industry Research & Development Center and the UP National Institute for Science & Mathematics Education Development recently inaugurated the RTPM-Dumaguete Science High School Makerspace.
The facility marks a pioneering initiative to integrate the teaching and learning of 3D printing technology in the public senior high school curriculum in Negros Oriental.
The event also featured a ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Additive Manufacturing education, and a formal handover of curriculum materials.
Key speakers included DepEd Dumaguete Schools Division Supt. OIC Dr. Edmark Ian Cabio, MIRDC Deputy Director Dr. Agustin Fudolig, and UP-NISMED Director Dr. Sheryl Lyn Monterola.
DOST Regional Director Engr. Jesus Zamora underscored the critical role of regional support in fostering innovation and progress in education. DOST 7 gave the initial impetus through a grant-in-aid to DepEd Dumaguete for the project on Additive Manufacturing Makerspace.
Heide Ramirez, acting assistant Dumaguete treasurer, expressed the City’s heartfelt support for the project, highlighting the local government’s steadfast commitment to advancing education in the city.
Complementing her sentiments, DOST Provincial Director Atty. Gilbert Arbon highlighted the “synergy between the Makerspace facility and the AM curriculum, emphasizing their transformative potential in empowering learners” across the Province.
Dumaguete Science High will be the hub for the envisioned makerspaces in the six other public senior high schools in the City.
Arbon said sustaining the initiative would require further resource generation, possibly through funding from the local government unit, the City School Board, and the private sector. (DOST NegOr)
