The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, inspects this Wednesday the progress in the construction of the headquarters of the University of Sciences, Dr. Humberto Fernández Morán, in Los Teques, Miranda state.
During the activity, the Head of State pointed out that independence in the 21st century is scientific, technological, educational, economic and cultural, so this house of study will be the spearhead in achieving that sovereignty.
“Science, technology, innovation, research mark the development of the entire society, the economy, education, health, it marks everything,” he emphasized while highlighting that Venezuela is today a free and independent state.
In this regard, the President stressed that the Revolutionary Government is taking important steps to educate young people. He highlighted as an example an agreement signed with China which will allow all educational institutions to have interactive whiteboards to improve the education of children and adolescents.
He also stressed that this scientific and technological work is linked to the needs of the BRICS.
“Work and more work to keep our country at peace,” she stressed, while indicating that the development of this new educational institution is part of the Great Mission of Science, Technology and Innovation launched last April.
University for all
During this activity, the Vice President of Science, Technology, Education and Health, Gabriela Jimenez, reported that it is estimated that this university will be inaugurated at the end of October 2024. It will have 2 study shifts and a capacity to accommodate 300 students per shift, distributed in 15 training programs.
“The profiles of the courses that will be taught here have been outlined with the 18 drivers of the Bolivarian Agenda. We have 15 courses scheduled to be developed: Engineering in cybersecurity, in artificial intelligence, in oceanology, in electromedicine, in nanotechnology; degrees in biotechnology, computational chemistry, biology, molecular chemistry, in atomic energy, in philosophy, chemistry, petrochemistry, mathematics and physics,” highlighted the Minister of Science and Technology.
On the other hand, Jiménez explained that the country currently has 84 thousand children trained in the area of robotics. He also explained that the country’s “scientific nursery” is made up of 189 children, who are trained in areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, microscopy, among others.
Genetic improvement laboratory
Also, during the same activity, through a televised contact, President Maduro inaugurated the plant genetic laboratory of the agricultural biotechnology center of the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC), which is unique of its kind in the country and meets all the conditions to guarantee biosecurity.
David Coll, IVIC’s deputy director, said that this new centre is made up of 5 laboratories to carry out research related to animal nutrition, health and reproduction; generation of culture media and genetic improvement of plants.
“The lines of research of this laboratory are to seek the genetic improvement of plants for agricultural purposes and thus guarantee their preservation and reproduction, thus generating plants that are more resistant to biotic and abiotic stress,” he stressed.
