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Sri Lanka: When girls outpace boys in schools

Despite evidence that girls can outperform boys when it comes to school achievements, a common perception among some parents and teachers is that boys are naturally smarter than girls, and did not need to work as hard. Female students in Sri Lanka are proving them wrong: http://wrld.bg/TmX630ggerh

Sri Lanka: When girls outpace boys in schools

Despite evidence that girls outperform boys in educational achievement, a common perception was that boys were naturally smarter than girls, and did not need to work as hard. (Photo: Harsha Aturupane/ World Bank) When we speak of gender equity in education in developing countries, and particularly i…