05/01/2026
Jamaican girls destroyed the boys in this year’s ISA test:
Math: Girls ahead by 13 points
Reading: Girls ahead by 35 points
Girls are 8.5% more likely to pass CSEC (high-school exit exams) across all 33 subjects, and 6.6% more likely to pass CAPE (advanced level)
Young women make up nearly 60% of university students (female-to-male ratio of 1.42 — and at places like UWI Mona it’s pushing two-thirds female)