A trio of girl has scooped the pureness in Siemens ’ Math , Science and Technology Prize , the first time in the challenger ’s nine - twelvemonth history . According to James Whaley , President of the Siemens Foundation , the percentage of young woman taking part in the competition has been steady increase each yr — and this year , 48 % of the objector were distaff . So , does this double triumph dispel the possibility that women just do n’t have it when it come to excelling at scientific discipline ?
Isha Jain , who netted the individual title ( bagging herself a $ 100,000 scholarship in the outgrowth ) acknowledges that women are under - represented in those field . “ The guy - to - fille proportion in math and scientific discipline competitions is absolutely ridiculous , ” hold Isha , above , a student at Freedom High School in Bethlehem , Pa. “ It ’s normally seven or eight guys to one girl . ”
So what does her win mean in the general scheme of thing ? “ [ That girls are ] finally stepping up to the plate and are more than capable , ” she suggests . “ And I ’m proud to be a part of that . ”
The team prize , another $ 100,000 erudition , was portion out by Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Harinoff , elder at Plainview - Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School in Plainview , N.Y. , for their inquiry into tuberculosis . [ BusinessWeek ]
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