China turns to all-boys classes as girls progress
- Published: 26 Feb 2013 at 11.43
- Online news: World
Teenage boys in a Shanghai school are on the front line of teaching reform after the world's top-scoring education system introduced male-only classes over worries they are lagging girls.
Boys solve a maths problem at the government-run Number Eight High School in Shanghai, on October 15, 2012. Teenage boys at the school are on the front line of teaching reform after the world's top-scoring education system introduced male-only classes over worries they are lagging girls.
Rows of white-shirted boys are put through their paces as they are called up individually to complete a chemical formula by teacher Shen Huimin, who hopes that a switch to male-only classes will help them overcome their reticence.
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