scientific journal of the modern education & research institute • The Kingdom of Belgium
FIVE CHRONIC PROBLEMS OF KAZAKHSTANI SCIENCE Saiken Aisin (saiken2009@mail.ru) Abay Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University, Kokshetau, Kazakhstan
Abstract The article highlights five problems of Kazakhstan science: the problem of rejuvenation of Kazakhstani science; unreasonably high load on scientists; lack of quality management in Kazakhstan science; problems of the commercialization of science. The author claims that if the state does not solve these problems now, then negative consequences should be expected in the future. Keywords: science, foreign publications, commercialization of science, scientist.
According to state statistics in 2017 about 386 organizations were engaged in research and development in Kazakhstan. The total number of employees who carried out research and development reached 22,081 people (of which 17,205 were research specialists) [1]. Thus, in terms of the number of research scientists who are directly involved in scientific research, our country lags far behind most of the leading countries of the world and this gap continues growing steadily. In 2017 alone compared to 2016 the number of workers in research institutions decreased by 904 people, including researchers by 206 people. For example, Belgium and the Netherlands, the population of which is comparable to Kazakhstan, have far more researchers than our country. There are only 22,000 scientists per 18 million citizens of Kazakhstan. For comparison, the number of police officers, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, reaches almost 90 thousand people [2], and there are about 39 thousand soldiers and officers [3]. Looking at such statistics, one involuntarily recalls the famous caricature of the Soviet artist Julia Ganfa, which was published in 1954 in the Krokodil magazine (see Figure 1).
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