Hard lessons
For years governments have been trying to get more students – and girls in particular – to take up science at university. Firstly, it can do the obvious and up the amount of money it spends on education and use the extra cash on bringing in good science teachers at secondary school and giving them proper facilities. Get rid of all that wishy-washy social studies stuff and stop this ridiculous attachment to Latin and ancient Greek. If the government really wants to boost innovation, it should get rid of old-fashioned notions about education for education’s sake. Today’s universities should focus on subjects which actually contribute to economic growth, instead of producing even more communication experts to tell us all how much we need to study science.
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