How Science and Technology Affect Modern Social Development

Understanding how technological and scientific advances affect education and development can facilitate public decision-making. Research and development enable policy makers to innovate, create jobs, and create a high demand for expertise. To meet employment needs, colleges and universities are changing their academic programs to meet specific needs.

When students use science and technology to support communication, they actively participate as recipients of information. This article explores in detail how advances in technology and science are affecting student education and employment.

The Key Role of Science and Technology in Social Development

Science and technology are the key concepts to the current and future development of any country. Technology plays a vital role in creating wealth, quality of life, real economic growth, and transformation in any society. Basically, technology is the most important engine of economic growth. Adding value to raw materials and people is a fundamental and essential requirement. This is key to unlocking the potential of any country in terms of fixed cost reduction and job creation associated with outsourcing.

Science and technology education not only prepares young people in any country for career opportunities, but also trains them to think scientifically to solve social problems. Analysis of technologically advanced economies shows that technology is the engine of economic growth at all levels of the economy. For example, the application of both these concepts in primary products has significantly increased the yield and mineral benefits of agricultural production. Similarly, new and existing industries stimulate mid-tier economic growth. While the overall volume of third-tier activity increases with greater use of IT-related science and technology and better distribution/marketing networks.

Therefore, the need for large investments in these fields in developing countries cannot be overstated. This is achieved by developing the talent and the human skills required to compete in today’s competitive world.

The Part of Science and Technology in Resolving Poverty

Science and technology have so far played a key role in eradicating poverty and promoting economic growth. Advances in these two areas are, in many ways, the ultimate global public good; their benefits can be extended to more people at little or no high cost. Science and technology have made significant advances so far and have the best prospects for progress in most basic human needs and critical areas, especially agriculture, health, energy, water, and the environment.

We are only beginning to understand the transformative potential that technology can offer developing countries, offering countless opportunities for economic and social development. Technology provides the tools needed to add value to different services; the use of technology improves the quality of products and brings better prices to workers. Reduce labor costs; reducing production costs helps improve profit margins, which is essential to eradicating poverty. Technology opens the door to new ways of doing business and working; in return, it increases the household income of the poor.

Technology provides efficiency and helps improve the means of distributing and utilizing production factors. Corruption is also prevalent in most countries with extreme poverty; certain technologies contribute to the fight against corruption. Lack of adequate education is one of the greatest challenges in fighting poverty; the Internet, television and other forms of technology, have the ability to educate the public on a variety of issues, such as better production, hygiene, and how to deal with disease outbreaks. Access to information also fosters innovation. Most charitable organizations use the internet and peer-to-peer platforms to raise funds to help the poor or to support innovations to improve the well-being of those in need.

Intervention of Science and Technology in Health

Advances in scientific knowledge and its application have helped reverse trends of high birth rates, high death rates, and have led to continued improvements in the health of many people around the world.

However, vector-borne and water-borne diseases, AIDS, inadequate prenatal care, and maternal and child health impose enormous burdens on developing countries. Without scientific and technological capabilities, countries will not be able to correctly identify public health needs and choose cost-effective health service packages.

Poor health is a direct consequence of poverty. Over the last century, science and technology have laid the groundwork for the greatest overall improvements in human health. Some scourges (such as smallpox) have been eliminated, and morbidity and mortality associated with routine health-related events such as childbirth and routine infectious diseases have been greatly reduced.

Indoor air pollution, dysentery, water-borne diseases (such as cholera), vector-borne diseases (such as malaria, dengue, etc.) and AIDS kill millions of people every year and affect countries least prepared and least able to cope. Some of these problems can be solved using existing knowledge (such as dysentery), while others require advances in science and technology (such as AIDS, malaria, and even Ebola).

Contributions in Agriculture

Advances in science and technology have helped increase the yields, efficiency, and nutritional value of the world’s food supply. However, food production must double in the coming decades to meet growing demand and address the challenges of increasing resilience to drought, pests, salinity, extreme temperatures, increasing nutrient content, and reducing downstream losses to harvest; all in a socially sustainable and environmentally friendly setting. At the same time, regulatory challenges to ensure the safety of food production and consumption will increase. Although the technologies needed to increase agricultural production are available in many developing countries, certain requirements must be met. These include: the will to promote economic development, access to technology and its correct use in organizations; the elimination of political, social and economic barriers; the ability to integrate technology in general development and then continue to use it.

Technological advances in food safety laid the foundation for the Green Revolution and kept food prices historically low in recent decades. Improved knowledge of plant biology and breeding methods has led to better seeds and cultivation practices, resulting in significantly higher yields.

Rapid advances in the understanding of plant biology and related fields (especially genomics) have led to solutions. Problems such as increased productivity, nutrients, soil degradation, post-harvest losses, drought tolerance, and pest resistance.

Contribution in Affordable Energy

Access to affordable energy is essential for those who currently do not have electricity and is a prerequisite for economic growth. Research must continue in order to develop new environmentally and socially sustainable technologies that can meet the energy needs of developing countries.

Other challenges, such as the needs of people who do not have access to sufficient freshwater or whose health and livelihoods are threatened by environmental degradation. They require the development of new technologies (and appropriate political structures) to mitigate these challenges and their impacts.

Modern clean and renewable energy technologies (such as solar, wind, modern biomass) must be further developed and the efficiency and sustainability of energy use in transport, industry, and housing must be improved.

Importance in Education

Advances in technology and science have brought about significant changes in the education sector as students are able to find solutions to their problems. Students can quickly and easily complete assignments, access study materials, and conduct research regardless of location. Many institutions are implementing online training because employers are looking for online graduates who can work independently to achieve their goals.

Technical classes provide students with a wealth of information and knowledge that can be used in future relevant careers or simply as topics of interest and fascination.

Technology has become an increasingly important part of the society children grow up in today, so it makes sense to educate ourselves about the gadgets and systems they rely on every day. Technology, like science, encourages students to think and ask questions based on what they see and learn. Information flexibility and accessibility as a result of technological advances are related. Online classes no longer require students to attend classes at specific times, as they can access online material and have the flexibility to study and complete assignments at their own time.

Technology has become one of the most important aspects of modern education, dramatically changing the way teachers and students conduct their daily activities.