Boys under-performance GCSE The level is labeled as “old” and should be considered as a “major issue”, a major education professor said.
Professor Allen smithersDirector of Education and Employment Research Center on Director University of buckinghamSaid that the talent of boys is not being developed as “completely” because they could be “declining the country’s economic competition”.
He predicted that “girls will be ahead” for boys in that age group.
His comments achieve their GCSE results on Thursday before students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Professor Smithers said: “The clear performance of boys at this level of education should be a matter of national concern.
“But because boys are seen as habitual privileges, it does not receive the attention he deserves.”
Last year, more than the fifth (21.8 percent) of the UK GCSE entries was awarded top grade – at least 7 or A grade, below 22.0 percent in 2023.
But this was more than in 2019 – one year before the epidemic – when 20.8 percent of the GCSE entries made the top grade.
The ratio of the total female entries was given above grade 7/A or above, which was 24.7 percent last year – 5.7 percent more than the total male entries (19.0 percent).
Professor Smithers said: “Chronic underforms of boys in education should be considered as a major issue.
“It seems that we are not fully developing the talents of half the population.
“This can only cause the decline in the country’s economic competition and ultimately the loss of its standing in the world.”
Ofqual brought back the A-level grading standards in England in 2023 to suit the pre-coffee levels, and returned to the examination regulators in Wales and Northern Ireland in pre-political grading in the last summer.
Later this step came Covid-19 Instead of the examination, the teacher led to an increase in top GCSE grade in 2020 and 2021 with results based on assessment.
Last week, the ratio of A-Level Entries awarded the top grade
Speaking before the GCSE Results Day, Professor Smithers suggested that this year the ratio of top -grade GCSE entries was likely to be “higher” compared to 2019 – one year before epidemic.
He said: “It may be that we are looking at the emergence of a new general, in which 2025 will be similar to 2024, or regulatory can give another push to return to pre-political levels.”
While traditional A*-G grade is used for GCSE in Northern Ireland and Wales, they have been replaced with 9–1 systems in England, where 9 are the most.
The A4 is roughly equal to a C grade, and 7 is roughly equal to A.
In England, many students who do not secure at least one grade 4-which is considered a “standard pass”-in English and/or maths GCSE needs to re-take subjects during post-16 education.
In his report, Professor Smithers essentially repeated the call for a “policy reconsideration”, as he suggested that he was “soul-destruction” and “completely fragmentation”.
He said: “With the approach to replace it with a program and ability, the resurrection requirement must be reviewed immediately, which will enable people who fail GCSE to get flow in the use of words and numbers.”
Professor Smithers also repeated calls for English backlorette-a government measure, which aims to ensure students to take a language in English, Mathematics, Science, A Humanities subject and GCSE-to be “scrap” because he suggested that the policy was “failed” due to low tech-up of foreign languages.
Considering the statistics of provisional examination entries for England, Professor Smithers highlighted that GCSE entries for French and German had fallen again.
Spanish has surpassed French as the most popular foreign language in GCSE, provisional figures of suggestions in June.
In its report, Professor Smithers said: “Why this increase in considerable popularity is not clear, but it may be something to do as holiday sites with the increasing popularity of Spanish -speaking countries.”
He said: “A more prosecution explanation is that Spanish is seen as easier than French or German.”
A Education department The spokesperson said: “We want every youth, whatever their gender, background or wherever they live, they get an opportunity to succeed.
“The curriculum and assessment reviews are currently considering where the education system should be improved, with final reports and recommendations in the autumn.
“Later this year we will also bring about the necessary reforms as part of our plan through our schools, which is for changes through the white paper of our schools to create an education system where every child and young person can get and thrive.”