'Science and technology planning and management structure is not functioning up to the mark' PHOTO: FILE
The science and technology (S&T) planning and management structure is not functioning up to the mark and there is a wide gap in the expectations and achievements of the system.
According to the National Science and Technology and Innovation (ST&I) Policy-2012, there is an urgent need to streamline the system to make it more effective and integrate it into mainstream planning and development.
“Proposals have been made for the improved functioning of organisations which represent important constituents of the national S&T planning and management system,” said Pakistan Council of Science &Technology (PCST) Chairperson Dr Mudasar Asrar.
Talking about the policy, Dr Asrar said that the main objective of the policy was to achieve security, prosperity and social cohesion through equitable and sustainable socioeconomic progress using science, technology and innovation as central pillars of development.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 17th, 2013.
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