More girls than boys in universities in Malaysia
Afterschool
July 18, 2011
- There is a higher number of girls in universities than there are boys with male students making up only about 35% of the overall intake of local universities in 2011.
- The Minister of Higher Education said that there should be a healthy balance for both genders in universities.
- While there was a good balance of male and female students in technical-based courses, there was a shortage of students enrolled in science and technological based courses.
- The imbalance number of male and female students have no reported root cause.
- The Minister said that they will try to fix these problem at the secondary school level.
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