ARTICLE XIVEDUCATION, SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOLOGY, ARTS,CULTURE AND SPORTS
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
Section 10. Science and technology
are essential for national development and progress. The State shall
give
priority to research and development, invention, innovation, and their
utilization; and to science and technology education, training, and
services.
It shall support indigenous, appropriate, and self-reliant scientific
and
technological capabilities, and their application to the country's
productive
systems and national life.
Section 11. The Congress
may provide for incentives, including tax deductions, to encourage
private
participation in programs of basic and applied scientific research.
Scholarships,
grants-in-aid, or other forms of incentives shall be provided to
deserving
science students, researchers, scientists, inventors, technologists,
and
specially gifted citizens.cralaw:red
Section 12. The State shall
regulate the transfer and promote the adaptation of technology from all
sources for the national benefit. It shall encourage the widest
participation
of private groups, local governments, and community-based organizations
in the generation and utilization of science and technology.cralaw:red
Section 13. The State shall
protect and secure the exclusive rights of scientists, inventors,
artists,
and other gifted citizens to their intellectual property and creations,
particularly when beneficial to the people, for such period as may be
provided
by law.
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