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Education as a fundamental pillar to achieve equal opportunities. This was the topic tackled by women representatives from organisations in different sectors in the Summit STEM Talent Girl 2020, and in which the President of SEK Education Group, Nieves Segovia, took part.
“We must foster interest in STEM among girls so that they do not fall prey to this deep gap, because we already know where the jobs of the future are”, claimed the President, who spoke of her concern for future women professionals, with girls making up only 15% of students accessing jobs in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.
Nieves Segovia stressed that “We have to start working collaboratively to close this gap. Education is not just a matter for schools, but society and families have to participate in it” and she explained how in SEK Schools “we do not distinguish between boys and girls” and that without a doubt it is necessary to work in collaboration, “taking into account of course the subjects on the curriculum, but also what we teach less implicitly”, alluding to educational environments.
On the other hand, the President of the SEK Group proposed rethinking the “compartmentalisation” of sciences and humanities, both in schools and at university, and encouraged interdisciplinary approaches to awaken vocations among the students.
Among the participants was the Director of the Department for Women of the Junta de Castilla y León, Ruth Pindado; the co-founder of ISDI and Large Sales Director for Northern Europe at Google, Noelia Fernandez; the Deputy Rector for Educational Innovation at Universidad Isabel I, Ana Cristina Garcia; and the Deputy Rector for Institutional Relations of the University of León, Maria Dolores Alonso-Cortés.
