Ethnicity,Social Class And Education
Hypothesis: Social class determines how “Asian teenagers (aged 15-17) do in GCSE rather than culture.
Culture is hard to define and operationalise between different “Asian” groups. In test after test, nationally, Chinese and Indian students show superior performance in mathematics and other subjects compared with their Pakistani, Bangladeshi (also “Asian”) and non-Asian counterparts. In 2003, according to National Statistics, 71% of boys and 79% of girls achieved 5+A*-C GCSE/GNVQs. These statistics were significantly higher than the percentage achieved by the national average which was 46% for boys and 56% for girls. But more importantly, one of the lowest percentages by ethnicity were the Pakistani’s, 36% for boys and 48% for girls; both percentages lower by gender in comparison with the national average and lower by a substantial margin measured up with the Chinese ethnicity. The Indian ethnicity is just behind the Chinese ethnicity as you will see from the graph......
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