IN the Philippines, girls were better than boys at learning math, reading, writing and science, data from a recent United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) report showed.

Unicef Philippines Chief of Education Isy Faingold told The Manila Times that girls outperforming boys was "consistent in all international tests" as well as in socioemotional learning.

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