Innovations in Science and Technology Education
This volume is the seventh in the series “Innovations in Science and Technology” and concerned with gender imbalance in access to science and technology education; with a special focus on Africa. The work under review aims to “present a clear picture of the situation of the girls and woman in the field of scientific and technological, and technical and vocational education and related careers in different regions of the world, as well as the importance of the equal participation in these fields”. ... In general, gender inequity in access to schooling and more importantly in the secondary and tertiary level is the prime cause for the gender imbalance in science and technology education.