‘Chronic’ under-performance of boys at GCSE should be treated as major issue
The “chronic” under-performance of boys at GCSE should be treated as a “major issue”, it has been suggested. Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham, said the talents of boys are not being developed as “fully” as they could be, which could lead to a “decline in the nation’s economic competitiveness”. The education expert predicted “girls will continue to be […]
