The first discrepancy in education of STEM subjects occurs at the school level with increasing departmentalization after grade 5. Although MoNE’s intended curriculum encourages lower secondary school teachers of mathematics and science to collaborate and integrate their coursework (MoNE, 2005, 2006, 2009a, 2009b; 2013), the enacted curriculum is particularly departmentalized and focuses on standardized tests (Özden, 2007)