On today’s Day of Women and Girls in Science, only few nations have reached parity in tertiary STEM education. A majority, including many in Europe, score poorly.
laboratory of the Science Faculty at the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in the northeastern Moroccan city of Fez on June 30, 2017. Antibiotics"doped" with essential oils: after 30 years of research, Moroccan scientist Adnane Remmal, who was awarded with the"prize of the public" by the European Patent Office, hopes to contribute to the fight against the world's scourge of resistant germs.
Actually better scores were achieved in Asia and the MENA region, with India, Myanmar, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Oman scoring above 0.7. Scores above 0.6 could be found in Algeria, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh and Morocco, while Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt also performed above average.called the STEM paradox
Academic from Purdue University also point out that in countries studied by them, like Tunisia and Jordan, standardized university entrance exams heavy on math and science subjects determine the career path of many, with medicine and engineering enrollment being awarded to the highest scorers independent of sex. Again, taking personal decision-making out of the equation to a degree is boosting STEM studies by women in these countries.
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