Italy has big divides between boys and
girls and between the north and south of the country when it
comes to attainment in mathematics, according to the TIMSS 2023
International Mathematics and Science Study, which was released
on Wednesday.
It said that Italy is one of the countries with the highest
achievement gaps in mathematics and science in the favour of
boys: in fourth grade it is around 22 points, in eighth grade it
is 16 points.
The report said Italy as a whole was slightly below the EU
average and well above the international average in maths and
science.
It said there was an average difference of 50 points between
students in the north and south in the north's favour.
At the international level boys in year four had higher average
scores than girls in 40 countries; girls outperformed boys only
in South Africa (by 29 points), and no significant gender
differences were observed in the the remaining 17 countries
covered by the survey.
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