Looking for ways to help the lads catch up Are boys losing out in the education race? Girls are ahead in most subjects at GCSE level, says Yvonne Cook From: The Independent - London | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: Yvonne Cook | Copyright 1998 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Since the introduction of GCSE exams in 1988, girls have been consistently getting better results than boys in most subjects - and the gap between the sexes is widening.

By 1995 girls scored on average 8 percent more than boys in the proportion of A*- C grades gained at GCSE. Girls are ahead in most of the traditionally `male' subjects, such as physics and chemistry, although the gap is much narrower than in subjects like English where girls have traditionally done well. Only in one su...

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