• Samir Uddin Ahmed

  Author

The study was conducted to know the mathematical ability of boys and girls based on the final result of H.S.L.C./10th Examination, under the Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA) in the high and higher secondary schools of Nagaon Town during 2005-2007. The main purpose of this study was to find out whose mathematical ability is better between boys and girls? It is the general assumption that girls are comparatively slower in mathematics than the boys. Their enrolment in engineering, business and business management are poor too. But in general achievement tests girls performances are found not so backward. In some academic courses girls’ are seen showing better results than the boys’. So the investigator was very much inquisitive to know about the mathematical ability of students. He therefore explores a small area of Nagaon town, as representation of the other towns of Assam. Through this study, he also wants to aware the students about the importance of mathematics and its larger application in the field of engineering, banking, business and so on.

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