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Article: Africa's scientific tradition.(Editorial)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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This year India will roll out another batch of half-a-million engineers; China will produce enough scientists to populate a small African country. The industrialised world, including Japan, will continue to pump in several billion dollars in an effort to encourage yet more young people to take up science-based studies.
India planned for a science-based economy as far back as 1958 with the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Bombay. The plan was to roll out 10,000 engineers per year. Over time, IIT had blossomed into one of the most respected technical instruction institutions in the world and it has spawned a number of affiliates all over ...