Listen and fill in the blank with no more than two words.

Lan: Can we start working on the class project (1)

in Education’?

Minh: Please go ahead, Quang.

Quang: Well, according to a United Nations report, sub-Saharan Africa had only 82 girls (2)

per 100 boys in secondary school in 2010. I suppose this is an example of (3)

in education.

Lan: Yes, I agree. Not all girls can go to school. I guess they may be kept home to do housework.

Quang: Sure. In rural areas, girls might be forced to work at home and in the fields.

Minh: Some people say that girls perform worse at school than boys, so they shouldn’t be allowed to go to school.

Quang: I’m afraid I disagree. I think girls do better at school than boys and more women than men have(4)

Lan: Exactly. In Viet Nam, there are slightly more boys than girls in both primary and secondary schools, but more women than men earn college degrees.

Minh: I believe gender discrimination in education starts at home because parents treat boys and girls differently.

Quang: I couldn’t agree more. Gender discrimination should be (5)

so that everyone has equal opportunities in education.