The Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for the coordination of Science and technology-related projects in the Philippines and to formulate policies and projects in fields of Science and technology support of national development.

One of the projects they had is the “Tagisang Robotics: Design Build and Play”. It is a varsity type robotics competition founded on the ideas of “Pagyabong, kalinangan at pagkakaisa sa gitna ng pakikipagtunggali.” The aim of the competition is to enable the participants to harness their skills by learning and cooperating with others, despite being on a highly competitive environment. It seeks to encourage students to think out of the box solutions on challenges posed before them and allow them to execute these ideas into action.

These are the following objectives of “Tagisang Robotics: Design Build and Play” 

1.    To raise the interests of students in science, engineering/technology, mathematics, and information and communications technology through hands-on experience and investigation.
2.    To instill to the participants the value of teamwork, team spirit, and cooperation.
3.    To help the students develop their logical and systematic thinking skills as they plan and build robot in a specified time frame.
4.    To widen the youth’s view in the application of science & technology, improve their learning efficiency, and encourage the youth to be future scientists, engineers, and inventors.

Courtesy: www.tagisangrobotics.ph