There are 2 girls doing IPT at my school (we only have the one class, and there's only 9 students).
One of them is coming second; I don't know where the other one is placed.
It's strange how very few females take part in IPT at co-educational schools (by comparison to all-girl schools), yet quite a large number (30 to 40+ was mentioned in previous posts) happily take part in it in all-girl schools.
Does anyone have any opinions on this (perspectives of girls would obviously be the most useful)?
If I was to guess, I'd say that girls are driven away simply because of a large male prescence, which, when removed, makes the subject quite attractive.
In any case, any girls that are into IT will find a job very quickly, simply because there's an increasing demand for females in the IT industry (many companies are challenging the inequality in gender distribution by actively seeking female workers).