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``There has been a tendency nationally that heroes have been taken out of teachers' resource material and heroines have replaced them,'' he wrote.

``Subjects such as physics and mathematics, which had for a long time been viewed as masculine, have had much of their materials rewritten to make them more girl friendly. No one appears to have noticed that in so doing, they may be making this material boy unfriendly.''

Mr Young also said it was a commonly-held belief among educators that in general internal assessment suited girls more than boys. ``The new NCEA has significantly increased the amount of internal assessment in our national school qualification.''

He also addressed the number of women and their influence in the teaching profession.

``The teaching force is dominated increasingly by women and our teacher training organisations are among the most politically correct institutions in the country, so much so that for the few men who find their way into teacher training there is almost a sense of having to apologise for being male.''

Mr Young stressed his comments were not aimed at taking back what women had rightfully gained in the last two decades.

``No one but the most pig-headed of traditionalists would turn the clock back but as the head of an all boys' school, my question is simple ... what about the boys?''.

Mr Young said his comments were not intended to offend women.