On that point, my partner is a maths teacher and one of the things that he struggles with is getting girls to study A-level maths, because they do not see the roles in maths as being particularly relevant to them. One thing that he has been doing is taking A-level girls to see, for example, British Airways engineering, so that they can see some of the more practical applications of maths, to make maths A-levels—and the jobs—attractive to them. Should not the Department for Education be doing more to encourage that type of activity?
Women’s Contribution to the Economy
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Freer
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 6 March 2014.
It occurred during Adjournment debate
and
Backbench debate on Women’s Contribution to the Economy.
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