SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The importance of science and technology in nation I development cannot be over-emphasized. It is a known fact that no nation can develop without science and technology. What is science and technology? Science is the study of knowledge which can be made into a system science 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. U.S.A etc. boast of several scientific inventions which make 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 definitely 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 aspects of human comfort are inventions of science and technology Electricity, aircraft, telephone, television, computers and other forms of machinery could not have been invented technology.
Science and technology. Science and technology is also very essential in the production of medicine and treatment of diseases. A nation which lacks the necessary science and technology in this area will have to depend on other developed nations for the existence of its people. Such a nation can not be said to be independent 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 ion with adequate technology to make its people comfortable. A nation without science and technology cannot feed ls people because agriculture requires the application of science and technology.
Furthermore, science and technology helps in the area of employment. The rate of unemployment is high in Nigeria simply because many graduates of science are either under-utilized or unemployed. This is so because there is no scientific and technological development to match the number of graduates churned out of our universities every year. Nigeria too can join other giant nations of the world if our government could spend more money on science and technology. This is the only way the country can launch itself into limelight and world recognition as a developed nation.
Kunle Adebena
SS 3A.