Boys, five, can't write their names [newsletter.co.uk]
- Published: 20 October 2011
Almost one in five boys are struggling to write their own name at the age of five, figures suggest.
Government statistics show a gender gap still remains, with girls outperforming boys in areas such as writing and counting before they start formal education.
Some 19% of boys cannot write their own name, or short words like "dog" or "cat", compared to one in 10 (10%) of girls.
And two fifths (59%) of boys cannot write a simple shopping list, or a letter to Santa, compared to a fifth (21%) of five-year-old girls.
Almost one in 10 (9%) of boys cannot count up to 10, compared to 6% of girls.
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