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Gender Inequality in Learning Achievement in Primary Education: What can TERCE Tell Us?
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Santiago de Chile | 2016 | 118 p.
Corporate author: 
UNESCO Office Santiago and Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Region: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Existing research identifies several significant, subject-based gender inequalities in education. Male learners have significant advantages in mathematics and female learners have no less significant advantages in reading and writin. Such considerable differences in achievement may have important consequences for the future wellbeing of students. In order to shed light on this phenomenon in Latin America, this report analyzes the gender gaps in educational achievement in the Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (TERCE) led by the Latin American Laboratory for Assessment of the Quality of Education (LLECE).

Resource Type: 
Research papers / journal articles
Theme: 
Globalisation and social justice / International understanding
Sustainable development / sustainability
Level of education: 
Primary education
Keywords: 
gender equality
girls education
academic achievement
mathematics education
science education
reading ability