STEM: Women engineers seek improved teaching in rural community schools
ASHENEWS reports that the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has harped on the need for schools in rural communities to have increased teachings in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with particular focus on female students. Speaking at the second edition of the FunSTEM series in Abuja, the APWEN President, Dr. Elizabeth Eterigho, stressed the need to eradicate stereotypes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching in sch
ASHENEWS reports that the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has harped on the need for schools in rural communities to have increased teachings in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with particular focus on female students.
Speaking at the second edition of the FunSTEM series in Abuja, the APWEN President, Dr. Elizabeth Eterigho, stressed the need to eradicate stereotypes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching in schools in urban and rural areas, especially as the students write the same external examinations.
“Rural communities face a learning and skills crisis that is leaving girls ill-prepared to develop critical knowledge to participate in the opportunities that are created, particularly in engineering.
“When there are external examinations for school certificates and to enter the university, these students, both from urban and rural areas, write the same examinations.
“This is why attention should be given to rural areas to enable them to meet up with the rural areas, while the public schools should be able to compete favorably with their peers in private schools”, she said.