The Department of Science and Technology Region 7 (DOST-7), through DOST Siquijor Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC), has recently awarded the Carmelite College of Siquijor, Inc. in 2022 a project nominated as Science and Technology Support for e-Learning and Community S&T Education to Carmelite College of Siquijor, Inc. 

It is a package of interventions which includes the provision of the Science & Technology Academic and Research‐Based Openly‐Operated Kiosks or STARBOOKS, a digital portal of scientific information available at the Science and Technology Information Institute, the DOST Science and Technology Information Network of the Philippines (ScINET), Philippine eLib project sources, freely‐available online resources, and subscribed databases. 

DOST has also given some income-generating livelihood platform.

This is a concrete way for CCSI to pursue one of its mandates which is to  provide an integral Catholic education marked by quality instruction, research, and community extension services not only to its students but also to its nearby communities. 

“I am confident that the Carmelite College of Siquijor, Inc. will become a dependable partner of DOST in creating interest in the field of science and technology, in encouraging minds to pursue ideas for inventions, and in inspiring students for entrepreneurship.  With the guidance of the Carmelite sisters, students will be instilled with the ethical dimension of the application of science in their lives," said Engr. Mario E. de la Peńa of DOST-7.  

The grant of STARBOOKS would increase the library holdings of CCSI not only for updating the knowledge of both the faculty and students but also in providing reference materials to both research and instruction. 

Carmelite College of Siquijor, Inc. is a family where “hearts are formed, minds are informed, and lives are transformed.” (PR/Jose Aldous Rubi Arbon II, DOST Siquijor)