Boys do better in long mathematics, girls in the mother tongue

Yet A few years ago, much more men participated in the long math student exam, although the majority of all high school students have been women throughout the 2000s.

Men are still writing more laudators about long mathematics, but nowadays women’s and men’s share in participants is almost equal. This spring, 570 men and 408 women wrote a long mathematics board.

In addition to mathematics, men, for example, are better in English, for example, women, for example, mother tongue.

Baccalaureate general secretary Tiina Tähkä tells STT that the subject -specific differences already come from childhood interests: English is learned, for example, from video games, mother tongue reading.

This spring, for example, 73 % of Finnish mother tongue boards were written by women.

On average, women receive higher grades in high school exams and they also write more substances than men. According to Tähkä, girls’ grades are on average better already in primary school, so there are differences in starting high school.

“The average entry level always affects the next study phase,” says Tähkä.

In Finland Most of the vocational and education sectors are heavily gendered. For example, in education and health care, the majority are women, while in technology and industry men.

Gender sexualization is already reflected in high school subject choices. Specialist in upper secondary education Kyösti Värri tells STT that women are more likely to choose humanities such as psychology for their high school diploma.

This spring, on the other hand, there have been more men than women in physics and social studies.

« Although we have a very equal and equal society in many ways, the occupations are still extremely gendered. »

According to Värr, sector segregation can be a broader challenge. If women and men are becoming more and less frequently encountered in the same forums, such as education, they become more differentiated.

« It is, of course, a big social issue. »

On this In the spring, the White Law also weighs on about 25,000 new students on its head. The majority of them are women, about 57 percent, according to the Statistics of the Baccalaureate Board. Värri says that there is hardly any annual variation in the gender distribution of all high school students.

According to Värr, girls experience high school education as the main option. For many, high school education is a fairway for universities, whose students are also more than half of women. According to Statistics Finland, women are also more educated.

According to Värr, the gender distribution of students can vary greatly between individual educational institutions. At most girls may be 90 % in high school and at least 30 %.

According to Värr, the gender distribution of an individual high school is most influenced by its teaching offering. For example, girls are attracted to art high schools and boys mathematics-science.

The location of the high school also influences: especially girls living in frame municipalities may be more sensitive to seeking high school in a nearby central city, while it is more typical for boys to stay in the high school in the home country, Värri says.