<p>STEM Subjects </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:13 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of Vikki Howells Vikki Howells Labour 2:13, 8 February 2017

Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your response. ‘Talented Women for a Successful Wales’ has noted that girls are under-represented in most STEM subjects at A-level, despite performing as well or better at GCSE than their male counterparts, with particular challenges, for example, in physics, where just 20 per cent of A-level students are female. How is the Welsh Government tackling this gender divide? Also, do you think, Cabinet Secretary, that there are any opportunities in the new curriculum for us to try and reverse this trend?