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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Science is 0.29% of Armenian GDP



Before we go any further, I'd like to dedicate this sentence to that man's academic-looking outfit; reminds me of the Renaissance! But seriously, we've covered the topic of scientific reform in Armenia previously.
It should be noted that the wages of scientists is aimed to increase from AMD 28,000/$79 to AMD 44,000/$123. In 2007, Armenia plans to invest AMD 5.5 Billion/$15.5 million, compared with AMD 5.1 billion/$12.3 million.
These days, young people choose business and other careers over science and part of that certainly has to do with economic possibilities. With this changes and many other ones to come, I am hopeful that Armenia will once again rise to its rightful place among scientifically significant countries.

Source: Yerevan.ru (translated)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What???!!!?!?!?

Just 0.29%... this is outrageous!

The country cannot progress without a proper and Autonomous scientific community, both in terms of social science, natural sciences and all oter sciences too.

Why don't they just pass a law to allow autonomous autonomous universities (like in Aristotelean constitution or like many leading universities in Britain are).

Why can't they just do some .... well... "clever" things?

By the way my outfit that I have to wear every year looks cooler :) It looks more Medieval, then Renaissance.