Jakarta, Nov. 19 -- Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Stella Christie is encouraging the development of research universities to accelerate national innovation and support science-based economic growth in Indonesia.

Speaking at the Antara Business Forum (ABF) in Jakarta on Wednesday, she said that rapidly developing countries focus on the research university model rather than teaching-oriented institutions.

She stressed that strengthening innovation, which can be accelerated through the gradual adoption of the research university model, will help drive economic growth.

She cited China as a country that successfully implemented the research university concept in the 1980s, enabling it to emerge as a technology ...