Comments on: Science Research Findings: Need for integration and centralization http://www.riskgroupllc.com/blog/2009/03/10/need-for-integration-and-centralization-of-publicprivate-science-research-findings%e2%80%a6/ A RISK GROUP GLOBAL INITIATIVE Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:04:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: pravesh1126 http://www.riskgroupllc.com/blog/2009/03/10/need-for-integration-and-centralization-of-publicprivate-science-research-findings%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-35 pravesh1126 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:17:55 +0000 http://www.riskgroupllc.com/blog/?p=161#comment-35 In Mauritius, science is not given so much importance. Indeed, in this era of globalisation, economics is seen to be more important than science. We do need science in our contry, but little is doe to promote it. Most peole doing science re either teaching at university or secondary level, or are moving overseas to pursue further studies and stay there ( that's why we are faced with a massive brain drain in the sciences). Even teachers lack here. Yu have seen that the government is not making science one of its priorities. I agree with you thta science needs to be on the agenda of many governments, but yet the rules are dictated by globalization: for us, which forms part of transition economies, the impact of develoed and developing worlds' policies is huge. Economics wins the battle, given that we trade very much, the economy is quite unstable, though resilient and jobs requiring economics far exceed those for sciences. The risks and challenges: Given this lack of job opportunities, we are facing a very huge brain drain in sciences, notably physics and chemistry. We lack a pool of young, dynamic and highly qualified people to cause innovation and change in sciences. In fact, we need those people in fields such as waste water management, tropical medicines, sanitation and many other fields. But this brain drain means that our vulnerability is on the rise. In conclusion, we need proper and well-thought government policies to hold this brain drain by offering more jobs. In Mauritius, science is not given so much importance. Indeed, in this era of globalisation, economics is seen to be more important than science. We do need science in our contry, but little is doe to promote it. Most peole doing science re either teaching at university or secondary level, or are moving overseas to pursue further studies and stay there ( that’s why we are faced with a massive brain drain in the sciences). Even teachers lack here.

Yu have seen that the government is not making science one of its priorities. I agree with you thta science needs to be on the agenda of many governments, but yet the rules are dictated by globalization: for us, which forms part of transition economies, the impact of develoed and developing worlds’ policies is huge. Economics wins the battle, given that we trade very much, the economy is quite unstable, though resilient and jobs requiring economics far exceed those for sciences.

The risks and challenges: Given this lack of job opportunities, we are facing a very huge brain drain in sciences, notably physics and chemistry. We lack a pool of young, dynamic and highly qualified people to cause innovation and change in sciences.
In fact, we need those people in fields such as waste water management, tropical medicines, sanitation and many other fields. But this brain drain means that our vulnerability is on the rise.

In conclusion, we need proper and well-thought government policies to hold this brain drain by offering more jobs.

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