“Break away from the norm” is the advice given to society, from Petter St.Jean, minister for education, to rescue males.
He says society must give equal treatment to males and females in order for them to excel.
His statement came Monday at the release of the Grade Six National Assessment results, and amid continued concerns about the under-performance of males compared to females.
“Our males are equally important, and we must give the same, if not more attention to our males,” St. Jean said.
“Let us take care of our young boys because tomorrow the problems will be ours,” he articulated.
Very well put. This is the case in Europe and the rest of the World not just at the lower level but also at the higher levels of education.
We always talk about boys not going good…and this and that, every year is the same saying that boys doesn’t do well…..Change the teaching techniques!!
The teaching techniques that we use are anti-male…sitting down, be quiet, look on the board does not work for boys on an everyday basis. This is a girls’ thing or unless a boy has high levels of motivation-which could be strongly instilled in them-(almost frighteningly enforced) by parents.
Reading!! Reading!! Is also very critical..in grades K, 1and in the 1st term of 2 grate, children should be mainly focusing on reading…READING…we must ensure that emphasis is placed there… maths, and science, and social studies…can be done in fun learning-reading and imaginative ways…
Teachers should dedicate to help their students in reading-and of course writing, in fun ways, reading as groups, do storytelling, do reading clubs, do competitive reading games.
The teacher’s too should want to teach-parents, families are almost non existence-so a teacher now has both roles, teaching and parenting…nurture the boys…make them read the foot ball little story books, and the car racing books,!..Make situations boys friendly, make then excited-they will learn!!
We also need more male teachers in the primary schools-I do not mean the Sports Teachers-but classroom teachers.
Please big up the boys that did well.
Minister,
You are a hands-on public figure who is doing his utmost best to address all the concerns relevant to the advancement of equal education to all. However, I think you may be missing part of the equation: The male students must also lift themselves up by their bootstraps. We could give all the attention that one could give. However, if the intended recipient does not reciprocate, then what? On a whole, many of the world's societies cherish their males more than the their females, and lavish more attention on them. As a result, the females work harder to achieve more, because they know that is how they will stay on par or surpass the males. Necessity is the mother of hard work and success. It is actually the opposite of what you are saying. I believe famales are more successful, because they must constantly prove themselves. They want it more, and work harder than males. They simply work harder than the males. Period!!! Your sentiment is shared by educators in the U.S. There are deeper issues as to why males are not succeeding, and giving them more attention is not one of them. I think it is just a cop out. Success is about determination, hard-work, discipline, and being resilient. Let the young boys put the nintendo down, turn off the tv, and pull up their pants. Why are we always looking for an excuse? I respectfully disagree.
good looking out pit….push em forward.