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Branches without roots

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Branches without roots Across Africa, governments are elevating STEM education while sidelining the humanities. But science and technology are never neutral, and technical expertise alone cannot transform society. There has been intense investment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) across the African continent. The argument is that technological investment is the future. R...
The narrative presents a compelling critique of Africa’s STEM-centric education policies, framing them as a colonial legacy that risks repeating historical mistakes. The strongest version of this argument is that STEM without humanities lacks ethical and ideological grounding, potentially enabling harm rather than progress. The piece effectively contrasts Iran’s balanced approach—where STEM advancements are guided by religious and social sciences—with Africa’s current trajectory, where humanitie...