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A focus on males under-performing in the SEA exam in Tobago is being looked at by the Division of Education with failures in Mathematics and Creative Writing being watched, however in some areas boys out performed girls.

The Division of Education held a media briefing to treat with the 2025 SEA results on Monday. More from Elizabeth Williams.
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00:00The average male and the average female student in Tobago failed mathematics.
00:07Females averaged 45.85 and the male 44.91.
00:19However, on the bright side, both male and female students passed English language
00:27with the girls averaging 69.27 and the boys 61.51.
00:33999 students sat the exam, 452 girls and 547 boys.
00:41Mr. Andrews said all is not lost where Tobago's boys are concerned,
00:46but creative writing scores are a cause for concern.
00:50The girls averaged 55% when it came to creative writing.
00:55The boys, however, failed creative writing on average, 46.4.
01:00The national weighted score is 200.
01:03Twelve Tobago schools exceeded this.
01:06These include Signal Hill Government, Buku Government, Bethesda Government,
01:11St. Nicholas Private, Black Rock Government, Kastara Government, Roxburgh RC.
01:17Tobago's average is 193.66 or approximately seven points below the national average.
01:26The girls' average was 197.29 or just about three points below the national average,
01:34whereas the boys' overall average was 190.66 this year.
01:41What this means?
01:42Overall, are girls who are about three points away from our national average,
01:48but are boys with ten points adrift of this national mean.
01:52And what this does is underscores the importance of focusing on gender
01:57and the performance of boys in the Tobago Education District.
02:01The issue of crime was also highlighted by the Education Secretary.
02:06It is of great concern, additionally, that at the division, the last statistics recorded
02:12through the Central Statistics Office, or the CSO, confirms that distribution of academic achievement
02:19among employees in the THA to be 12% attaining only primary school education,
02:2660% with secondary school education as their highest level of attainment,
02:31and 28% tertiary level.
02:34We also must pay attention to the fact that the alarming rise in violent crime here in Tobago
02:40connects our young males to gangs and gang-related activity.
02:44And as a result, we're seeing that stemming even as early as the primary school level.
02:49Approximately 38 students have to re-sit the SEA exam during cycle four of Project Impact,
02:57a program under the Division of Education from July 14th to August 14th across over ten centers.
03:05Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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