Poor showing by boys fuels demands for exam shake-up [Independent.ie]
- Published: 11 September 2009
Teenage males produce fewer top grades and are more likely to fail subjects.
Serious academic under- achievement by 15- to 16-year-old boys is exposed in a gender breakdown of the 2009 results.
The performance gap adds urgency to plans for Junior Certificate reform to make it more relevant to all students.
Across the 20 Junior Certificate subjects, girls scored more As than boys, except in maths, material technology and metalwork. Girls were ahead in ABC grades, with boys taking the lead only in geography, metalwork and environmental and social studies, and losing their A advantage in maths
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