Here I want to focus about the education of girls in India specially in science, technology, engineering and mathematics which is popularly known as STEM. In 2025, a data was released by ministry of education was that this year 60% more girls have registered themselves in science stream as compared to last year. this shows their determination to study more and more about science. but in the same report, it was said that 43% of girls get registered for undergraduate programs and 50% of them complete masters and doctorate degrees. if we compare this data from United states of America, there is only 40% enrolments in higher education in the field of research. they are generally expert in quantum computing, calculus, making software etc. but this trend is not seen among Indian female researchers. data tells us that only 18% of women are expert in doing the research in stem areas. Report from department of space technology suggests that women are contributing less than 30% in prominent research institutions of India like Indian Institute of Science, IITs etc. What could be the reason that women enter in higher education very vast way but they are unable to contribute more like their counterparts in the research areas. This leaky pipeline persists due to social, structural and combinational challenges.
In India,
especially our guardians and society have always discouraged women towards
research area. They always told their girls to focus more on quick job areas to
early settle in life, get married in a particular age, carry baby and take care
of their husband and their IN-LAWS.
In India there is
also very strict age regulations for girls as well as boys to participate in
research programs. but due to extra responsibilities the women are unable to do
research after their married life.
Women in India
always focus on the permanent nature of job instead of short time or
contractual jobs. they want to be settled very early as much as possible. This
idea always discourages to do research on short term projects.
The
big ‘leak’ in India’s STEM pipeline, as seen by the sharp loss of women
scientists during the transition from science education to the research
workforce, is a consequence of social, structural, and systemic challenges --
and is reflected in the position gap that precludes the majority of trained
women scientists from long-term and sustained participation in scientific
research.
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