ENGLISH ESSAY ‘The brain drain
problem’ FROM 450 TO 500 WORDS
The
brain drain is a problem not peculiar to Pakistan, or even to the developing
countries. Even much advanced countries have been losing some of their
scientist to the U.S.A. But they lose only a few scientists who many have personal
reasons to go to the U.S.A. For Pakistan, brain–drain is a tremendous problem,
far bigger than that of Britain or other country. Various countries have
adopted various methods to tackle it. Some countries give their scientist elite
privileges and facilities and they just refuse to let them leave the country.
The
Pakistani problem is much vaster and a selection board is no solution to it.
There are various reasons which make these scientists quit. Money is certainly
one factor. A young scientist who came back after a six-year distinguished
record of research in the U.S.A, complained that as a pool officer in
Scientists Pool , he got less than what he sent to his parents from the U.S.A.
as a research worker. Unlike in the U.S.A creation of special posts for distinguished
scientists is a rare occurrence in Pakistan. It may take months and years of
wrangling in committees.
Besides,
there is the question of facilities, laboratories and equipment all connected
with money and foreign exchange. One may argue that the scarcity of resources
makes us leg behind affluent countries like the U.S.A. However, this is not a
sound reasoning. The fact remains that we give much less importance to
education and research than the U.S.A. or other science–minded countries. Pakistani
universities have become cockpits of conflict and confrontation. It is
unfortunate that the academicians should waste their energies in group
rivalries and campus politics.
In
such an atmosphere, it is no wonder that young people leave the country with
hopes of better facilities and encouraging avenues abroad. Many of these young
men have done remarkable work in the countries of their choice. There are many
instances where scientists living abroad were lured back to Pakistan only to
find themselves entangled in the bureaucratic cobwebs. They went back in a huff
never to come back. The U.S.A is the principal recipient of the rich drain a sizable
number of them coming from the developing countries. UNESCO surveys reveal that
among Pakistani specialists working abroad, 30 per cent are scientists and 54
per cent engineers.
The
Government has been taking steps to see that some of the talented persons
living abroad should come back to their hometown. Before expecting results, the
Government should clean up the science administration. A sense of purpose and
creativity should be injected into Pakistani science. Non-residents of Indian
origin who wish to set up industries in Pakistan have been offered facilities
to import machinery and raw materials up to specified limits. This is aimed at
attracting engineers and technicians settled abroad. The community of
politicians should keep off the field of science and leave it to the exclusive
management by scientists.
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