'Leaving Cert gender gap should shake up system'

As girls continue to outperform, new ways of engaging with boys in school need to be found, writes Susan O'Keeffe

Leaving Cert students after they received their results in Loreto College in Dublin. Pic: RollingNews.ie e

Men get paid more than women, and it really doesn’t much matter by how much or in what sector or at what level. What matters is that it has always been the case and it’s still the case andwe’re still talking about it- which means only one thing. It means that the majority of employers have failed to correct it. They haven’t sat down with their conscience and their calculator and fixed it; ...