Students taking up STEM subjects on decline last 10 years


KAMPAR: The number of children taking up science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM) subjects has declined in the last decade.

Asean Academy of Engineering and Technology honorary president Datuk Hong Lee Pee said students taking pure science classes are now less than 21% compared with 50% in the past.

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