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Girls are more likely than boys to want to continue their education by going to university, an educational charity has claimed.
A poll commissioned by the Sutton Trust found that 76 percent of 11 to 16-year-old girls want to go to university compared to only 67 percent of boys in the same age group.
The gap between the desire for further education among males and females has doubled since last year to nine percent.
In the poll, it was also shown that girls tended to have more belief in their ability to achieve, with 41 percent of girls claiming they were "very likely" to go to university, while only 33 percent of boys were convinced of the same thing.
Recent exam results have shown that girls continue to outperform boys at both GCSEs and A-levels.
Sutton Trust Chairman Sir Peter Lampl said: "We are looking for new ways to raise the attainment and aspirations of boys, particularly those from non-privileged backgrounds, so that more of them decide to go on to higher education and can therefore access the excellent opportunities beyond.
"As well as innovative outreach schemes, we are also considering the potential benefits of an aptitude test for university admissions, to be used alongside A-levels which traditionally favour girls."
The trust, which helps children from poorer backgrounds get access to education, said that only 29 percent of applications to attend its university summer schools were from boys.
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