| Stated Role |
The Female Education in Mathematics and Science in Africa (FEMSA) Project is a project of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Working Group on Female Participation and is hosted by the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE). FEMSA activities are funded by a consortium of Donors headed by NORAD.<P>FEMSA's central goal is to improve the participation and performance of girls in Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) subjects at primary and Secondary school levels.<P> <P>FEMSA also aims at invigorating ministries of education and policy makers to make the necessary adjustments in curriculum, teacher training and examinations to ensure fuller participation and better achievement in SMT subjects by both boys and girls. <P> <P>Objectives of FEMSA:<P>1. To disseminate, throughout the Sub-Sahara African Region, information on the constraints and difficulties faced by girls n the learning of SMT subjects and the reasons for these.<P>2. To influence national policy development and decisions regarding irls' education by making significant input into the work of mainstream ministries of education in areas such as curriculum development, production of books and resource materials, teacher training, and examinations.<P>3. To sensitise students, teachers and parents to a realisation of the difficulties and constraints faced by girls in the study of SMT subjects through small scale interventions at primary and secondary school level.<P>4. To widen the partnership of interested parties at both national and grassroots level among women and gender activists and the general science community to promote the participation and performance of girls in SMT and build a strong network of NGOs and funding agencies to further FEMSA's Objectives.<P>6. To build capacity and develop expertise, especially at the grassroots level, and develop a strong corps of committed, imaginative and innovative activists, facilitators and implementers to undertake and sustain meaningful interventions. |