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Women and STEM Education in Nigeria: Progress, Shortcomings, Challenges, and Way Forward

Women and STEM Education in Nigeria: Progress, Shortcomings, Challenges, and Way Forward

Omowunmi Sola Agboola
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781799838142|ISBN10: 1799838145|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799895855|EISBN13: 9781799838159
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3814-2.ch011
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Agboola, Omowunmi Sola. "Women and STEM Education in Nigeria: Progress, Shortcomings, Challenges, and Way Forward." Overcoming Challenges and Barriers for Women in Business and Education: Socioeconomic Issues and Strategies for the Future, edited by Alice S. Etim and James Etim, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 211-225. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3814-2.ch011

APA

Agboola, O. S. (2021). Women and STEM Education in Nigeria: Progress, Shortcomings, Challenges, and Way Forward. In A. Etim & J. Etim (Eds.), Overcoming Challenges and Barriers for Women in Business and Education: Socioeconomic Issues and Strategies for the Future (pp. 211-225). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3814-2.ch011

Chicago

Agboola, Omowunmi Sola. "Women and STEM Education in Nigeria: Progress, Shortcomings, Challenges, and Way Forward." In Overcoming Challenges and Barriers for Women in Business and Education: Socioeconomic Issues and Strategies for the Future, edited by Alice S. Etim and James Etim, 211-225. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3814-2.ch011

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Abstract

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education teach the four disciplines in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Globally, the STEM areas are in the forefront of economic development. The government of Nigeria has already forged partnerships and is drawing upon the technological experience of other countries to build new STEM learning opportunities for Nigerian students. The federal government has established several federal universities of science and technology with the sole purpose of improving the teaching of STEM areas. Traditional education in Nigeria challenges range from poverty, poor school funding, poorly trained teachers, inadequate learning aids, incessant strikes, among others. It is time that Nigeria realizes that women and girls continue to be extremely underrepresented in the sciences and incorporate them in the new programme because ensuring that more girls receive a quality education will reap dividends for the safety, security, and prosperity of the nation and for the next generations.

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