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"Let's hope that in 2019 Indonesia will become a leader in Southeast Asia," he said, while delivering a scientific speech on the occasion of the 30th Maghrib Prodi of the FEB UGM, in Sukadji Ranuwihardjo MM FEB UGM Yogyakarta Auditorium Yogyakarta on Monday.
According to Nasir, ideals the first step in increasing the budget for research. Thus, it is expected that quality scientific publications will be born
"It is 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 still the highest in Malaysia.
He admits that the number of scientific publications in Indonesia is still low. Until 2014, the number of Indonesian scientific publications is still 4,000 publications while Singapore can reach 19,000 publications and 28,000 publications in Malaysia. "With the improvement of the system, in 2017, the number of Indonesian publications reached 18,500, surpbading Thailand with 16,800 publications beyond Singapore," he said.
In addition to scientific publications, Nasir argued that Indonesia's competitiveness index was still low. Referring to the 2017 Global Competitiveness Index (CGI) Index data, Indonesia's competitiveness is still 36 out of 137 countries, far behind Singapore's 3, Malaysia's 23rd and Thailand's 32nd.
"The poor competitiveness of this nation is bad and the quality of the graduates and the resulting skills are lower than those of the neighboring countries," said Nasir.
Pewarta: Luqman Hakim
Publisher: Ade P Marboen
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