Havana, Jun 17 (RHC)-- After intense debates on the use of research and innovations in school education, the 2nd International Congress: Science and Education ended in Cuba this Friday.

One of the issues of analysis of the face-to-face and virtual conclave, in which delegates from 13 nations participated, was the role of the social sciences in the integral development of a country.

In this regard, Jorge Nuñez, president of the Science, Technology and Society Chair at the University of Havana, explained that an interesting phenomenon is taking place in Cuba thanks to a significant effort to make the most of knowledge.

Not only the one we already have but also the one we can obtain to solve the great problems of development, not only in education but also in the field of agricultural production and the conduction of public affairs, Nuñez said.

In all those areas, the country is trying to overtake innovative processes and knowledge-based transformations, in which the social sciences have played an important role.

Nuñez highlighted the attention Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has given to the social sciences, as all knowledge in one way or another, is linked to the 2030 development agenda.

The expert said that the nation’s vision demands knowledge to maintain sovereignty, independence, democracy, and socialism and thus achieve prosperity and sustainability.