GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

Science is a body of knowledge that belongs to humanity as a whole. The history of science is full of ups and downs, which have famously been likened to political revolutions. Mathematics is a socially shared and logically structured conceptual system. The process axis for personal understanding must contain the following categories; intuitive, declaratory, argumentative, and structural. Science, Technology and Mathematics (STM) have been identified as the bed rock or foundation of wealth and consequently an imperative for national development. It has also been argued that in this era of globalization only persons with appreciable knowledge, skills and abilities in STM are required in the job market. Female gender discrimination is also as any situation where a woman is denied an opportunity or misjudged solely on the basis of her sex in the school system of many developing countries. The paper concluded that despite the relevance and utilitarian purpose of STM, it has been observed that participation of females in the field is low. One of the recommendations was that the necessary facilities and infrastructures for the study of STM subjects/courses should be provided at the different levels of education.