Poor Human Resource Affecting Research, Development Sector of Nepal
Posted on: Tuesday, 3 January 2006, 09:00 CST
Poor human resource affecting research, development sector of Nepal
KATHMANDU, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Human resource on research and development, the backbone for national progress and growth, is very poor in Nepal, a government official said here Monday.
"There are only 20 academicians and over 30 professionals representing various disciplines of science and technology affiliated or working in Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (RONAST)," Dinesh Raj Bhuju, division chief of Science and Technology Promotion of RONAST, told reporters.
Total manpower in Science and Technology, including technical graduates of Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in Science, in Nepal was 2,377 in 1977, 8,236 in 1995 and 28,103 in 2005, Bhuju noted, adding, "It is, however, increasing but not enough for the overall development activities."
Nepal has been facing the problem of brain drain very acutely. "The country is loosing its educated manpower in science and technology every year when efficient manpower is entirely necessary for the research and development," Bhuju said.
About 50 percent of the state-owned Tribhuvan University's product in Physics, who hold Master's Degree, leave the country annually for developed country like the United States.
"The fact is very discouraging as 20 percent students each of the Information Technology, Medicine and Engineering and 10 percent of Biotechnology students leave the country," he added.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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