Narrower opportunities for girls due to subject choice

GIRLS have narrower opportunities when they leave school because they have less access to technological subjects, research has found.

The study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) examined the take-up of the materials technology (wood), metalwork and technical graphics subjects by Junior Certificate students.

While boys and girls continue to take different subjects at second level, the ESRI found that the gender differences are especially marked in these three subjects.