Feedback from the PHD-Dara

Dear readers,

Here I post some comments related to my previous post PHD: Problem Hantui Dara.

Rohanim wrote:

I do have several concerns in relation to thisissue. I am happily married with a great husband& in-laws who are consistently supporting me tocontinue my education + I have 4 sons. No girl.What I am seeing now is the dwindling level ofinterest among males to do formal education. Whatwent wrong? A reliable source from one of the IPTA's staffinformed me that even the Fac. of Engineering had(in the late 90's)/has (it's prob. stillhappening) to lower down their expectations onmale applicants. Otherwise, they'll be too many'qualified' female engineers as compared to themales.And we do have more 'qualified' + 'educated'females as compared to males in almost all areas.Female still needs to do better in politics,nevertheless, 'kayu pengukur' kita has to change.To adapt the changing educ. culture in oursociety.My call to those who are parents - how do weraise our sons & daughters so that they are moreprepared for their future? From issues inglobalization all the way to societal issues.Both at macro & micro level.... It's a tough job.


Sudharshan wrote:

Just sharing my experience. I did my undergrad at an IPTA in the mid 90s. Atthat time there were about 10-20% females in the class (abt 10-15 of them).One of my lecturers (who graduated from another IPTA in the 80s) informedthat during his undergrad days, there were literally only 1-2 femaleundergrads in his class. I am talking about about a civil engineeringcourse, which "usually" attracts the least no of females.When I started teaching in another IPTA in 2004, there were about 40-50 % ofthem, in a class about 100 students. Again, this is in a civil engineeringclass. I am pretty sure that the numbers are more in the E&E and ChemicalEng.I am not sure how it will be in 2020.

What say u ?