The UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2024-25 has raised the serious concerns over gender inequalities.
The Boys are consistently falling behind girls in reading proficiency, especially in middle-income countries.
Only 87 boys attain the minimum proficiency level for every 100 girls.
The gap is even wider in middle-income countries, where only 72 boys meet the reading standards per 100 girls.
After Covid, the Girls in countries such as Brazil, Chile, England, Italy, and New Zealand have shown notable setbacks in performance compared to boys.
In India, only 5% of women held top positions such as the vice-chancellors or the directors in 189 national institutions in 2021.
Only 63 per cent of countries globally have open and competitive school leader recruitment processes.