BBC News – Hannah Richardson
“Girls do better than boys at school, even in countries where women lack equality with men, a study suggests. Psychologists at Glasgow and Missouri universities compared the achievement in international tests of 1.5 million 15-year-olds from 74 world regions. In 70% of these regions, the girls beat boys in in maths, reading, science and literary subjects…Dr Gijsbert Stoet, of the University of Glasgow, who led the study, said: “At the moment we see that, with the exception of high-achievers, boys have poorer educational outcomes than girls around the world, independent of social equality indicators. “What’s more is that this gap in not reducing. “If policy makers are seriously concerned about gender equality in education, this ought to be their top priority.”(more)