@Ezehevizgodwin 11 June 2020

Science and technology in national development

The importance of science and technology in national development cannot be over emphasised It is a known fact that no nation can develop without science. What is science and technology? Science is the study of knowledge which can be made into a system and which depends on seeing and testing facts. While technology is the practical application of scientific knowledge. Developed nations of the world like the Soviet union, Germany, France, USA etc boast of several scientific inventions which makes them to be rated as the world powers. Science and technology is the pivot of any nation's development. A nation without science and technology is a backward nation. Such nation will be considered undeveloped. Science and technology is associated with modernity and it is an essential tool for rapid development. Modern gadgets in all aspect of human comfort are inventions of science and technology. Electricity, aircraft, telephone, television, laptops, computers and other forms of machinery could not have been invented without science and technology. Science and technology is also very essential in the production of medicine and treatment of disease. A nation which lacks the necessary science and technology in the area will have to depend on other developed nations for the existence of it's people. Such a nation can not be said to be in development because it has to depend on the whim and caprices of other nations with the necessary science and technology. The development of a nation depends solely on the amount of science and technology at the disposal of such nation. A strong and virile nation is a nation with adequate technology to make its people comfortable. A nation without science and technology cannot feeds it people because agriculture require the application of science and technology. Furthermore science and technology helps in the area of unemployment. The rate of unemployment is high in some country simply because many graduates of science are either under utilised on unemployed. This is so because there is no scientific and technological development to match the number of graduate churned out of our universities every year. Countries without science and technology too can join other giant nations of the world if their government could spend more money on science and technology. This is the only way countries can launch itself into limelight and world recognition as a developed nation.