Girls outperform boys across most subjects

GIRLS comprehensively outperformed boys in this year’s Junior Certificate, with five girls named as the top academic performers in the country.

Caoimhe Casey, Mairead Fitzgerald, Michelle Judge, Sorcha Cox and Roisin Adams all registered an incredible 11 higher level As in the Junior Certificate, not including Civil, Social and Political Education (CSPE) which is a common level, compulsory subject.

A breakdown of the results for higher level subjects showed that a higher percentage of boys than girls received A grades in maths, materials technology, technical graphics, metalwork and environmental and social studies. In all other subjects a higher percentage of girls received As. A higher percentage of girls than boys scored As in 21 subjects at ordinary level.