Growing the Welsh Economy

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:06 pm on 17 October 2018.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 2:06, 17 October 2018

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Thank you for that. We are all concerned about the lack of women in STEM subjects. We need to increase that and that is why we have a specific programme in order to ensure that we try to get more girls to study these subjects. Many more European funding programmes have received support recently in order to push for girls to go into these subjects. I think that the careers sector is extremely aware of the situation. We do have Have a Go days, where they encourage girls to have a go at subjects that aren’t traditionally female roles. So, this is an exceptionally important issue for the Government, and what we don’t wish to see is that girls and women are encouraged to go into sectors where they are trapped in careers that don’t attract high salaries. So, we want to increase the number of girls going into STEM subjects, and I think that the careers sector is very aware of that.