“The government should start reform from within” |
“President’s decrees are presented as reforms”
Professor Rahman Badalov President Inspiration Aliyev on July 28 Science and Education Establishment of the Ministry and Azerbaijan National The decree on changing the structure of the Academy of Sciences (ANSA) is not considered a reform.
He says that reform is about taking risks and empowering society:
“If it depends on me, I will close the Academy tomorrow. Because the Academy is not only not good, but also harmful. Science is not only knowledge, but also energy. Azerbaijan National Since there is no freedom in the Academy of Sciences, there is no energy. Yesterday’s decree can temporarily change something.”
“The principle change is that the authorities start reforming from within, but since we don’t have this, nothing will change with such decrees,” Rahman Badalov said.
The President signed yesterday to decrees mainly, the museums of ANAS are assigned to the Ministry of Culture, the institutes investigating technical and exact sciences are assigned to the Ministry of Science and Education It was placed under the Ministry.
Only the humanitarian field was kept under the academy.
Rahman Badalov recalled the reform implemented by the former President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and said that the institutes of the academy were transferred to universities in this country as well.
“It is difficult to reform the academy”
But economist Sabit Bagirov believes that decree The first step towards reform can be considered:
“The point is that since the reforms in the academy system are very complicated, nothing can be done there with one step. But yesterday’s as the first step decree is a reform. That is why I have increased hopes that reforms will be carried out in the field of science.”
According to Sabit Bagirov, the APC government was thinking about reforms in ANAS in 1992:
“It’s just difficult to reform the academy. Firstly, Azerbaijan not a small part of the elite was represented there. Therefore, if this institution is not properly reformed, dissatisfaction will arise. Science and Education Giving it to the Ministry is the first step.”
“Most likely, the second step will be the distribution of those institutes among some universities. “If we look at international practice, science is mainly concentrated in universities and big companies, and there is competition between them,” he said.
Sabit Bagirov regrets that there is not a single university from Azerbaijan among the world’s leading thousand universities:
“Armenia and Georgia’s name is in that ranking. Analyzing the rating, it becomes clear that several criteria are required in this matter, for example, the level of scientific work of universities. References are one of the indicators of scientific works. If the university professor is not recognized in the international world, that is, if there are no references to any of his scientific works, that is of the university ranks low in the world. I am also waiting for those institutes to be transferred to universities, but I don’t know if it will happen?! If possible, students from foreign countries will come to study at Azerbaijani universities.”
“I know what sycophants and swindlers the Board of Directors consists of”
Working in the academy for a long time political commentator Zardusht Alizadeh says that the government’s propaganda is already presenting the decrees as reforms:
“But I don’t think that the effectiveness of Azerbaijani science will increase with the decrees of July 28. Because without changing the system in the country, occasional changes will not bring results. Second, the goal of exact and technical sciences is discovery. Is there a production that implements some technology in Azerbaijan? No! Azerbaijan’s oil industrygas rooted in the field. In this case, what is the need of the institutes given to the Ministry of Science and Education? Thirdly, in Azerbaijan car in the absence of industry, “The formula-1″ competitions are held. Of course, such competitions are necessary for the authorities. Therefore, more than the development of science in Azerbaijan, tax attention is paid to increasing the number of employees and policemen”.
Zaradusht Alizade said that the government does not need social sciences either:
“If social sciences in the West conduct surveys in society and spread people’s wishes and dreams, this is prohibited in Azerbaijan. For example, we are forbidden to conduct polls about the attitude of the people towards which party leader. Only judge There is a survey about the elite, which is full of lies. That’s why National Academy of Sciences To Azerbaijan not necessary. From this point of view, even if you divide the academy into different institutions, nothing will change. Having worked in academia for 17 years, I know what kind of sycophants and frauds the Presidium is made of. So I don’t expect anything from them.”
“If science is valued, we can talk about reform”
Professor Nasib Nasibli thinks differently.
According to him, yesterday’s decrees have yet to implement structural changes
since it contains, it cannot be satisfied with this.
According to N. Nasibli, as a first step, the salaries of ANAS employees should be increased several times in order to stimulate their activities:
“Secondly, the scientific base should be strengthened. Of course, the creation of the Ministry of Science and Education is the right step. In normal countries, there is no centralization of the science sector. There are dozens of academies in America. Thirdly, humanitarian fields should also be divided appropriately. For example, Baku If it is given to the State University, it will be positive. However, the main issue is the price to be given to science, if this is the case, it is possible to talk about reform.”