For the second time, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council of Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) has been conferred with the prestigious “Seal of Excellence in Public Service” (Selyo ng Kahusayan sa Sebisyo Publiko) by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF).
According to DOST-PCIEERD, the annual recognition was given to government agencies and local government units (LGUs) that have shown proficiency in using the Filipino language in public service.
It added that this in support of Executive Order No. 335 which enjoins all government offices to take necessary steps to enhance the use of Filipino language in all official communications, transactions, and correspondence.
KWF honored DOST PCIEERD for its support to projects that promote and preserve Filipino language such as:
- KAAG - a mobile-based multimodal preservation of Kinagan language and culture;
- Marayum - a community-built mobile phone-based online web dictionary for Philippine languages;
- The establishment of Mindanao Language processing research and development laboratory;
- The project on diachronic representation and linguistic study of Filipino word senses across social and digital media contexts;
- A mobile-web bidirectional neutral machine translation system for Filipino and Cebuano;
- Pinoy Indie films portal “EdukSine”, a new and unconventional platform to promote Filipino culture and arts through films; and
- The development of multi-lingual chatbot for health monitoring of public school children which is capable of interpreting audio input and conversing in two major Philippine languages.
“We are grateful for this award from the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. Language is a country’s national identity; thus, we are fully committed in supporting initiatives that would help the Commission to further promote the use of our own language in whatever forms possible,” PCIEERD Executive Director Dr. Enrico C. Paringit said.