Gender gap widens as more girls enter higher education 1 Edition

Overall, the proportion of Scottish school leavers going to university or college rose slightly, from 50-per cent to 52-per cent . The rise was entirely in the higher education sector, which was the destination for 31-per cent of the 55,952 young Scots who left state-funded schools this year, compar...

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Published inHerald (Glasgow, Scotland)
Main Author ANDREW DENHOLM and STEPHEN STEWART
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Glasgow (UK) Gannett Media Corp 08.12.2005
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Summary:Overall, the proportion of Scottish school leavers going to university or college rose slightly, from 50-per cent to 52-per cent . The rise was entirely in the higher education sector, which was the destination for 31-per cent of the 55,952 young Scots who left state-funded schools this year, compared with 29-per cent of the 56,537 in 2004. The percentage going to further education remained steady at 21-per cent.