Do girls read better than boys? If so, gender stereotypes may be to blame

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Twice as many girls as boys delivered during Easter in Iringa
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A long-standing tradition is to recognise children born on major public holidays and this year, reports have it that there were twice as many girls as boys born here on Easter eve. The report highlights Iringa Region where a total of 21 babies were born on ...

Girls outshine boys in Form Four mock results
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GIRL students have excelled in the just released Mock Dar es Salaam Regional Form Four Examination results, as seven of the top ten best students are girls. Regional Education Officer (REO), Mr Raymond Mapunda, said in the city yesterday that all best ...

>Boys have continued to outshine girls in PLE examinations performance, according to the 2014 results released today by the UNEB Executive Secretary, Mr Mathew Bukenya at the Office of the Prime minister.

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania and other African countries have been challenged to increase investments in girls’ sport programmes as a sure way to improve gender and health equality.

The National Examination Council of Tanzania ( NECTA) has  released the Form Six National Examination results for 2014 indicating better performance over last year’s record.

The results from the examination sat on may this year showed  Feza Boys High school topping the lists of schools in terms of best performance in Daresalaam  and ranked 2nd nationalwise followed by the sister school Feza girls High school which became 2nd in Daresalaam and 12th nationalwise.

A  total of 60 candidates sat...

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>From November 25 to December 10 every year, gender and human rights activists across the world participate in 16 days of activism against gender-based violence directed especially towards women and girls.