THE FEMINISATION OF EDUCATION CONTINUES TO HIT BOYS EDUCATION

The primary school results announced this week show that the feminisation of primary school education continues to affect boys education.

The results show that boys are far behind girls at reading but more alarmingly far behind at writing, whilst ahead in Maths. They are way behind overall with 56% reaching the required level as opposed to 65% girls.

What the education authorities need to urgently look at is why boys can beat girls at Maths but cannot at least be equal at reading and writing? This clearly points to a problem in the educational methods in primary schools which are not helping boys (link). It does not help that so few men teach in primary schools.

This is not a lowest common denominator call as no sensible person wants the system changed that saw girls' results fall so boys catch up. It just means that different teaching methods are needed for boys and girls and as this government keeps blathering on about personalising public services, then the education system needs to be personalised for boys (link) and O-Levels re-introduced (link).

The long term problem is that too many boys are going into secondary school ill-educated. It is hard for them to catch up and that is why their GSCE results are seven years behind girls and for every four boys going to university, there are five girls. 

Comments

[Groan]

Interestingly enough the REACH initiative just published its report on Black boys and men. Believing low attainment is "cultural" and expecting somehow to find positive male role models.

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