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Jeddah: Members of the Jeddah-based Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) are lagging behind other countries in science and technology, the 75-member body said in a recent report.
The report pointed out that only three countries among the OIC members produce high technology products for export, while Turkey, Egypt and Uzbekistan have topped patents granted for technology. India surpasses all OIC members in science and technology, the report said. The report shows that Pakistan is advancing in nuclear energy technology, Malaysia in space science, Turkey in automobiles and Saudi Arabia in petrochemicals.
OIC Assistant Secretary General for Science and Technology Dr Ali Akbar Salehi said that most member states are allocating minimum funds for science and technology.
"The average allocation for all member states collectively is 0.66 per cent which is far behind the world average rate of 36.2 per cent," the OIC official said.
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