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Inspiring girls to choose a science major
18-4-2019
The Agence pour l’enseignement francais a l’etranger (AEFE) and the Faculty of Sciences at the Holy Spirit University- Kaslik, in collaboration with Femmes et Mathematiques and Animath associations, organized on March 17 a one day workshop entitled, ‘Girls and Math: An Illuminating Equation’. More than 300 female students from 15 schools across Lebanon participated in the event, with the aim to encourage them to choose a scientific major in higher education, noting that their number is less than their male peers in the field. On the event, the Math Educational Advisor at the French Agency recalled that the idea came to mind a year ago during the award ceremony for winners in scientific competitions held at French speaking schools in the country, when a gap was discovered in the educational course between males and females. The latter were reportedly less engaged in sciences, which prompted the need to inspire them to enter the field first at the university and later in career life, since the discipline is not exclusive for males. For his part, the dean of the faculty of sciences, Walid Hleihel, explained that many believe science is a male activity, a fact which discouraged girls in general to pursue it. Society, Hleihel said, played its role in orienting girls to non-scientific majors, noting that they get higher grades than boys in scientific subjects. The shortage of female students in sciences has affected the quality of research and innovation, Hleihel concluded. (L’Orient Le Jour, April 18, 2019)
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