 symposium on boys education symposium on boys education webmaster tue 6122018 1259 arthur chung convention centre symposium on boys education the faculty of education and humanities at the university of guyana will be hosting a symposium on boys education under the theme bridging the gender divide stemming the tide of male underachievement in the education system on the 2829 june 2018 at the arthur chung convention centre this symposium will be a joint effort between the university the ministry of education the commonwealth of learning caricom unicef and other key stakeholders this event aims to attract a wide crosssection of local regional and international researchers and decisionmakers in an effort to better understand the prevailing issues in relation to boys education presentations and discussions will cover existing research best practices and approaches implemented in various education systems with a view towards devising strategies to effectively address the issues as such the range of related subtopics to be covered will include but not be limited to 1 boys underrepresentation and underperformance 2 feminisation of education the absent male teacher 3 socialisation of males keeping boys out of risk 4 school factors and pedagogical choices gender disparities 5 empowerment of boys presentations will be made by the following persons at the event professor carl james york university canada professor barbara bailey university of the west indies mona dr christopher clarke principal shortwood teachers college jamaica dr ngogi chipere university of the west indies cavehill mr dennis gill university of guyana mr shawn hardnett washington dc boys underrepresentation and underperformance feminisation of education the absent male teacher socialisation of males keeping boys out of risk school factors and pedagogical choices gender disparities empowerment of boys  