Assessment Of Science Technology And Innovation Policy And Its Implementation The Case Of Ministry Of Science And Technology Of Ethiopia

Assessment of the formulation and implementation of science, technology and innovationrnpolicy help to identify the effectiveness of STI policy and its Implementation . The scope ofrnthe research study was restricted to see only the policy formulation and implementationrnprocess in the MoST and the institutions or organizations that are accountable to MoST .Torncarry out the assessment study , extensive literature review was carried out which formed thernbackground knowledge to the study as well as provided the necessary input to the discussionrnof the findings from the study . The instrument for data collection was an interview and arnstructured questionnaire that was designed on a 5-p0int Likert scale to be able to collectrnquantitative data. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The reliability wasrndetermined 0.774 with Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Four dimensions, namely STI policyrnformulation process, STI policy content, STI policy monitoring and evaluation and overallrneffectiveness of STI policy formulation and implementation have been established. Thernfinding of the study indicated that the science technology and innovation policy makingrnprocess/formulation/ was effective where as its implementation was found ineffective. Thernstudy recommended that the development of STI Policy implementation strategy , goodrncoordination mechanisms and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms should bernimplemented

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