CIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS A DRIVER OF ECUADOR'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

VIVENCIAS ACADÉMICAS DE LOS ESTUDIANTES DE I SEMESTRE MATUTINO DE TECNOLOG͍A DE LA INFORMACIÓN-UNESUM

Abstract

This article shows a historical review of the investment that the Ecuadorian state has made in Science and Technology, in order to show qualitative results of this process. The methodology used was exploratory and descriptive. For this comet, official sources were reviewed, statistical and economic data were taken, and references describing the investment made in our country. In this context, the government of Ec. Rafael Correa, between 2007 and 2017 progressively increased investment. For the last year in reference, the Secretary of Higher Education, Science and Technology - SENESCYT presented a budget execution of the Higher Education Institutions of USD 1,199 million equivalent to 0.46% of the Gross Domestic Product, benefiting from a total of 59 universities and polytechnic schools and 241 technical and technological institutes. For the year 2018, the percentage of investment will be affected by the government of President Lenin Moreno, and with the determination to meet the Sustainable Development, Goal 8.2: The highest levels of productivity through technological modernization and innovation, begins In June 2019, the construction of the National Plan for Science, Technology, Innovation and Ancestral Knowledge 2030. To the current date, it can be indicated that one of the results found indicates that our country lacks a philosophical guide and a strategic, integrative programming, generated with the participation of the vital sectors of the country to initiate the required leap in research and development and to promote science, technology and innovation, and the economic growth of the country.