Explained: Why it is important to support girls in STEM?
Explained: Why it is important to support girls in STEM?
For girls to live up to their potential in STEM, we must address the disparity beginning in the classroom itself.
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Explained: Why it is important to support girls in STEM?
In a country where women were instrumental to the success of the Mars Mission, it is tragic that they comprise only around 15 percent of the total research and development workforce. While 40 percent of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduates in India are women, only a fraction pursues a job, much less a career, in the field. This phenomenon has come to be known as the leaky pipeline of talent lost along the way.