“Boys are more likely than girls to repeat primary grades in 130 out of 142 countries, with data indicating their poorer progression through school.
“While girls are more likely than boys to never attend school, boys in many countries are at higher risk of failing to advance and complete their education.
Harsh discipline, corporal punishment and other forms of violence at school also negatively impact boys’ academic achievement, while increasing absenteeism and dropouts.
“In many countries, boys are at greater risk than girls of repeating grades, failing to complete different education levels and having poorer learning outcomes in school.
In 2020, the last school year before the pandemic, an estimated 259 million children and youth of primary and secondary school age were out of school, 132 million of whom were boys.
The gender parity index data in 2019 for tertiary enrolment showed 88 men for every 100 women enrolled at tertiary level.
“In 73 countries, less boys than girls are enrolled in upper-secondary education.
“Practices such as streaming of classes and gender segregation contribute to boys’ low motivation, underachievement and disengagement from education.
“Despite boys’ clear disengagement from and disadvantage in education in certain contexts, there are few programmes and initiatives addressing this phenomenon holistically, with system-level, gender-specific policies even more rare.
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