Improve female representation in textbooks, educationists urge

By SANDHYA MENON

Education
Sunday, 28 Jun 2020

IN Malaysia’s secondary school English language textbooks, girls and women make up 44% of references in the curriculum.

This is in comparison to 37% in Bangladesh and 24% in the province of Punjab in Pakistan.

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