Improve on Stem rather than dump it

THE government has said it is dumping the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) drive that the previous government had adopted, a patently unwise and short-sighted decision if ever there was one.

It is no secret that there were issues with the Stem initiative, but dumping it is akin to throwing out the baby with the bath water.

The government’s approach should have been to seek out remedial action and correct where it thought the Stem initiative had gone wrong rather than abandoning it.

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