Gender discrimination present among students as young as 16, schoolgirls report

As the gender divide debate in both the education system and workplace rages on, a new survey has revealed discrimination is being witnessed by schoolgirls as young as 16.

Over a third of girls aged 16 to 18 – 36 per cent – say they have witnessed gender discrimination in school. Startlingly, only one in five boys – or 19 per cent – believes a gender divide exists today.

Findings have also indicated a difference in classroom performance; 36 per cent of girls believe their gender makes them feel less confident in putting themselves forward for leadership roles, with a quarter stating boys dominate classroom discussions too much.

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Young Enterprises’ report has come in the same month as one for social mobility charity, the Sutton Trust, which found the growing gender gap in university admissions is present in pupils as young as 13 with girls more likely than boys to see going into higher education (HE) as being important.

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