June 2, 2008

Girls catch up with boys

When it comes to education in the past the difference between boys and girls was blatantly clear as the girls followed the domestic route with cooking and other such delights, while the boys went into the workshops and studied wood and metal work.

But as equality entered the schools the girls had to play catch up for a long time, but recently the girls have been putting all of that behind them and putting the boys to shame who have not really forged ahead, but rather just done enough to stay ahead, unit now!

But the gap is closing on the subject of maths which is a subject that has always been problem for them; the gap has always been large, but no more. As for reading the gap has complete gone, this means that in a few years time girls would have gone ahead of the boys.

Source [Economist]