But our standout statistic isn’t for academic prowess; it’s for our children’s disproportionately high fear of failure. According to the results, British girls are the fifth most afraid of failure in the world, pipped only by Taipei, Macau, Singapore, and Brunei. Our fear gender gap is also one of the largest, with girls substantially more anxious than boys. Indeed, if girls are doing so much better at school, isn’t it boys we should be worrying about? No other European country tests children at 16: let’s scrap pointless GCSEs | Sandra Leaton Gray Read moreBut we must bear one thing in mind.

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2019 07:01 UTC