SOME 263 campus journalists and school paper advisers from across the country can help 'improve public understanding and appreciation of the value of science in everyday life,' Science Communicators Philippines Inc. head Ruby Roan-Cristobal said during the 21st Word Cup National Campus Journalism Press Conference and Contests.
Pagsinohin, executive director of the Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology, who oversees Science Centrum, shared the views of Roan-Cristobal that scientists need to do more to help promote interests in the field, which in turn may prod public officials to fund science education.She observed that public and private investments in science museums remain low.