In numarul de ieri al Nature* au aparut doua articole referitoare la situatia cercetarii si educatiei in Romania si Bulgaria. In plus si un interviu in extenso cu ministrul educatiei Daniel Funeriu.
Articolele le puteti citi aici Science fortunes of Balkan neighbours diverge si aici Different strokes. Interviul este aici: Romania’s high hopes for science.
Eu imi permit sa retin concluzia unuia dintre articole:
In the meantime, it [Bulgaria] needs to restore budgets for science and universities to levels that allow them to function properly, and delay plans to break up the academy. Only when a proper long-term strategy is in place will the government know what it needs to do about its research institutes and their budgets. If it needs inspiration in this, it need only look north to its neighbour Romania. The contrast between the age of wisdom and the age of foolishness is clear.
*) Merita mentionat ca Nature are un Factor de impact pe anul 2009 egal cu 34.5. Aceasta inseamna ca fiecare din articolele stiintifice publicate in aceasta revista saptamanala in anii 2007 si 2008 a fost citat in medie de 34.5 ori. Iar faptul ca aceasta revista care apare din 1869 raporteaza in modul de mai jos stirea referitoare la aceasta noua lege a educatiei este un mesaj in sine.