Posts Tagged ‘education for girls’

Boys do better in single -sex schools

Monday, October 21st, 2019
single -sex schools

The outgoing headmaster of one of Australia’s most prestigious boys’ schools has used New Zealand research to support his contention that boys do better in single-sex schools. Timothy Wright is retiring in December after 17 years running the Sydney Church of ­England Grammar School. He said he welcomed discussion around what it meant to be Read more

Ex missionary’s family provides scholarships for girls in Malaita

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

An English woman, Pat McEvoy, the wife of a former missionary in the Solomom Islands, and her four daughters have set up scholarships to assist girls from Malaita Solomon Islands to attend secondary school. Pat is going to the Solomon Islands to put into place the John McEvoy Scholarship for Girls with money she and her daughters have raised in England. It Read more