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Is there really a great divide in the attainment of genders?
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Is there really a great divide in the attainment of genders? Do girls really perform better at school than boys? The statistics gathered via exams and tests on children suggest that there is a gap in attainment and apparently this gender gap is apparently widening each year and more and more initiatives are being considered to counteract this imbalance. This assignment will focus on the different academic achievements and examination results between girls and boys, and it will identify some of the reasons for these differences. To explain why girls are outstripping boys it is important to realise that this may not be a recent phenomenon, For many years it was seen that girls were underachieving in education but over a number of years the gap as been slowly narrowed. To meet girl's educational needs the national curriculum has been altered to make it more 'girl friendly'. The government set...
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