THE education sector must do more to promote STEM among girls, says Academy of Sciences Malaysia Fellow Prof Datuk Halimaton Hamdan.
Teacher education and recruitment policies must ensure a fair representation of male and female teachers in all subjects, at all education levels. In higher level education, students look to their teachers as role models as they begin to shape career perspectives and make choices, she says.
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