Male teens don’t shine like girls in school


TEENAGE boys are more likely to underachieve at school compared to their female counterparts but more likely to go on to study science and maths, says a recent report.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says that in its finding of students aimed at only 15-year-olds from 65 countries and territories, boys were more likely than girls of the same age, to be low achievers.

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