Counting on the girls
THE future is STEM; this is a saying that has been hackneyed time and again. The government has continuously invested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), as seen in the recent tabling of Budget 2021 where RM400mil was allocated for research and development efforts under various ministries and agencies to support the development of science and technology. The question, however, is whether the country’s youth have an interest in the areas of STEM. In a recent study titled ‘Gender Differences in the Interest in Mathematics Schoolwork Across 50 Countries’, Sweden’s...
Source: thestar.com.my