How South Asians Achieve in Education: A comparative study of Bangladeshis, Indians and Pakistanis in Birmingham Schools and Colleges

This paper attempts to review empirical research on the specific difficulties of South Asian (henceforth referred to Asian in the text) girls in British secondary schools. These include tension and anxiety mainly caused by the differences in values and beliefs between home, psychosomatic illnesses, vocational aspirations, and scholastic attainment and progression to higher education.

Underachievement by ethnic minority pupils should not be blamed on teachers alone, says Anthea Davey