CHAPTER , THE LONG-TERM OVERALL EDUCATIONAL PLANNING--FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT
2. Factors to Be Considered in Educational Planning
(2) Effective Distribution of Educational Investment
c. Promotion of Science and Technical Education
Progress in science and technology promotes economic development
and the raising of social standards. The recent accelerating progress in these
fields has been revolutionary. Technological innovations in production and industry
have resulted from application of the findings of basic and developmental research.
Recognition must be given, in planning for the future of higher
education, to the extreme importance of training competent researchers in the
fields of basic, developmental and applied research. In addition, the higher
standardization of the techniques of production requires the training of large
numbers of competent engineers and technicians. For education to meet such demands
requires the raising of the standards of basic academic achievement, particularly
in science and mathematics, in elementary and secondary education; the expansion
of technical courses in upper secondary education; the expansion of faculties
of science and technology in higher education; and the coordination and consolidation
of the entire system of scientific research. The objective of higher education
Nut the fields of science technology is not merely the acquisition of the applicable
specific knowledge and techniques; it is to produce competent scientists, engineers
and technicians with extensive academic and cultural backgrounds as well as sound
professional training who are capable of contributing most richly to the evolving
industrial democracy.