Gender gap widens as more girls enter higher education 1 Edition

• Published in: Herald (Glasgow, Scotland)
• Main Author: ANDREW DENHOLM and STEPHEN STEWART
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Glasgow (UK) Gannett Media Corp 08.12.2005

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...