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Grade 5 Numeracy performance by gender

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A roughly equal number of grade five girls and boys in Papua New Guinea had their performance analysed in the PILNA 2021 numeracy assessment: 51% girls and 49% boys.

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Grade 5 Numeracy mean performance in domain and strand by gender

Mean performance of Grade 5 students in domain and strands by gender, PNG, PILNA 2021.

Figure CNF5.4 shows the average numeracy performance of grade five students in Papua New Guinea by gender. Grade five girls and grade five boys scored similarly in all numeracy areas, including the overall numeracy score. This was consistent with the scores from previous PILNA cycles. In 2015 and 2018, as seen in Figure CNF5.4.1 grade five girls, on average, scored similarly to grade five boys in all numeracy areas, including the overall numeracy score

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Grade 5 Numeracy mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 5 students in numeracy by gender, PNG, PILNA 2015, 2018 and 2021.

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Grade 5 Number mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 5 students in number strand by gender, PNG, PILNA 2015, 2018 and 2021.

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Grade 5 Operations mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 5 students in operations strand by gender, PNG, PILNA 2015, 2018 and 2021.

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Grade 5 Measurement & Geometry mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 5 students in measurement and geometry strand by gender, PNG, PILNA 2015, 2018 and 2021.

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Grade 5 Data & Chance mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 5 students in data and chance strand by gender, PNG, PILNA 2018 and 2021.

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