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The low competitiveness of the nation is part of the world of higher education.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, YOGYAKARTA – Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Menristekdikti) Mohamad Nasir targets Indonesia able to lead the scientific publication in Southeast Asia Is in 2019.
"Hope that in 2019 Indonesia will become leader [publication scientifique] in Southeast Asia," said Minister Nasir during a scientific speech at On the occasion of the anniversary of the 30th Master of Management Program (MM) FEB UGM at the Sukadji Ranuwihardjo Auditorium MM FEB UGM Yogyakarta. 7).
According to Nasir, these ideals were accompanied by various measures, one of them by increasing the budget of the research. Thus, it is expected to see the birth of quality scientific publications.
"It's for all campuses and PTNBH (State University of the Legal Entity) that we prioritize," he said.
Nasir said that the number of scientific articles published in international journals to date was even higher in Malaysia. He acknowledged that the number of scientific publications in Indonesia is still low
Up to 2014, the number of Indonesian scientific publications still reached 4,000 publications. While Singapore is able to reach 19,000 publications and Malaysia's 28,000 publications
"With the improvement of the system, the number of Indonesian publications reached 18,500 in 2017, surpbading Thailand with 16,800 publications and in 2018 exceeding Singapore. "He said.
In addition to scientific publications, Nasir argued that Indonesia's competitiveness index is still weak. Referring to data from the 2017 Global Competitiveness Index (CGI), Indonesia's competitiveness remains ranked 36th out of 137 countries, far behind Singapore in third place, Malaysia in 23rd and Thailand 32.
"The low competitiveness of the nation comes from the world of higher education, the quality of graduates and the skills that derive from it is lower than that of neighboring countries," said Nasir.
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