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Choose Maths

Published: Monday, 17 September 2018

Choose Maths is an exciting 5 year, national project designed to empower and encourage Australian students (in particular girls) to pursue mathematics through to year 12 and beyond.  Despite past efforts, the statistics show that in 2015 only 6.9 per cent of Year 12 girls studied advanced maths compared with 12.6 per cent of boys and the aim of Choose Maths is to turn this around.

 

I was chosen to be an ambassador in AMSI's Choose Maths campaign.  As part of that, I have been placed on billboards and buses around Australia!  To show that maths is more than textbooks and numbers - it’s exciting and innovative and can lead to a variety of jobs.

 

Here are a few of the billboards from around Australia.

Billboard in Brisbane (courtesy of Trevor)

Choose Maths Billboard Brisbane

 

Bus in Melbourne (courtesy of Kristin)

Choose Maths Bus Melbourne

 

Bus in Sydney (courtesy of Adam Spencer!)

Choose Maths Bus Sydney

 

As well as that, the CHOOSEMATHS campaign made a video covering my journey with Robogals and Teleport.

 

Flyers, brochures and posters have also been distributed to high schools throughout Australia.  To find out more, visit the AMSI website!

About Me

Marita ChengForbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.

I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.

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