24-3-75 The Straits Times

'Discrimination Against Female Grads'

Kuala Lumpur — the Selangor Graduates Association published a report in 1974 on the pattern of employment and unemployment of Malaya graduates between 1970 and 1972. The report adds that in all the three years the average salary of female graduates was lower than that of the male graduates by as much as $175.

At the time of the survey, the unemployment graduates were mainly from the faculties of arts, economics and science, with the majority coming from the arts and economics faculties. A higher level of unemployment among honours degree graduates in all the three years was also reported.