I have been involved for 20 years in educational profession and
  I felt that most of Bidayuh parents still did not recognize
  and think negatively on the participation of Bidayuh female
  students in education especially at the higher level. You
  know what is the perception of the parents about their
  involvement? They said that even though women attain high
  qualifications, they will still end up in the kitchen. They
  will not go further with their education and high education
  is not significant for Bidayuh women. Thus, it is better that
  women do not go to school because in the end their husbands will
  support them when they get married.

I think it was obviously wrong that the parents think that
  women will not go further with their higher levels of
  certificates. The parents should think that men and women have
  to equally compete with other ethnic groups in development.
  Bidayuh parents have to change their negative perceptions of
  Bidayuh women and think that Bidayuh women will not go anywhere
  with their higher levels of learning.

In my area for example, some of the Bidayuh families are not
  serious in educating their daughters compared to educating
  their sons. Their perception is that no matter how high the
  education of women, their life will be in the kitchen and they
  will be responsible to their husbands rather than use their
  level of education to be involved in employment.

Even though I am a farmer, I still remember that some of my
  Bidayuh friends still have wrong perceptions about participation
  of women in education. The saying like 'no matter how high the
  education a women has, she will still go back to do household
  chores and in the end she will follow her husband,' was a
  common perception to Bidayuh women in educational programs
  because they were less supported and recognized that what was
  being perceived to Bidayuh men.

Based on my own experience as a Bidayuh community leader, I felt
  that Bidayuh society in my area prefers to show off their boys
  rather than their daughters. For example, if their daughters
  pass with good results they will say that she is not going
  anywhere with it. Some of the individuals in the Bidayuh
  communities also felt that it is not significant for Bidayuh
  women to study at the higher level of learning because it was
  not too useful compared to their men. Most of them felt that
  it did not make much economic sense for women to study higher
  such as at the university level, because when they get married
  they would follow their husbands and some of them would decide
  to quit their job.

I think, one of the reasons why Bidayuh society thinks that it
  is not too significant for Bidayuh women to study at the higher
  level of learning is that once they get married they will follow
  their husbands in the end, rather than help their parents in
  terms of financial support, compared to Bidayuh men who always
  marry late. I feel that in the lower level of learning like
  primary school and secondary school the scenario is not as serious
  compared to that at the higher level of learning

I don't know why this sort of thing happens. The society was
  not too concerned about the participation of Bidayuh women in
  educational attainment efforts. Even when some of the Bidayuh
  women get good results in national examination, they feel
  that there are no point of Bidayuh women getting this type
  of results.

Based on my experience, I feel that Bidayuh women had received
  less financial support compared to men especially for higher
  learning. Most of Bidayuh parents prefer to make more financial
  investments to men especially on educational facilities like
  computers and transportation because they feel men have a higher
  potential for bringing in benefit then women. Since women have
  been receiving less financial support than men, it is not
  surprising when most of them had no or lack access to higher
  education.

I think it occurs also at the primary and secondary schools, but
  it not too extensive compared to the higher level of learning
  where Bidayuh parents prefer to spend mo, there are still
  Bidayuh parents especially in the rural areas, which prefer to
  investments greatly on their sons comparere financial support to
  men compared to women. Even hered to their daughters. The
  attitude of perceiving greater benefits to be gained from
  investment made on men compared to that made on women still
  prevails among the Bidayuh parents.