When i say they are not as emotionally mature, that's not a put down, its simply an observation based on their tendency to hit puberty later than girls. this has been true throughout human history, and all the govt experts in all the land can't change the fact of that. we can dispute whether the arrival of puberty effects the mental and emotional maturation rates of girls and boys differently, but I would respectfully submit that it is likely to have some effect.
Also, perhaps I am mistaken, but I understood that girls have outperformed boys academically since they started to go to school in any great numbers - for at least 100 years. My theory would be because of the effect of their earlier physical and emotional maturation and also because girls are socialised from an early age to please - which has benefits and handicaps - but which means they comply more with classroom requirements. Until second wave feminism in the 70s, we ignored their better performance, and most did not go on to higher education, now we don't. And I'd still be interested on your take on what happens to all the high achieving girls after they leave school and how come no govt task force is interested in that?

Ena,
It seems that you know much about boy’s education, but there are some actual facts contained here.

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/profiles/educating_boys.htm

The most important factor in quality education is the teaching methods being used. Teaching methods outweigh all other factors including the age of the student, gender, socio-economic background, or whether or not the school is single sex or co-ed.

Women in the workforce is not really on topic, but you may find the following interesting.

15.3 % of Australian boys lack the literary skills to benefit sufficiently from their education opportunities, compared to just 8.7% of girls.

The year 12 retention rate for girls is between 11 and 12 % higher than it is for boys.

29 % of Australian males aged 25-34 have a tertiary education, compared with 38% of females.

Male teachers and boys have been falling from the education system for many years, but this has never been mentioned by feminists. Perhaps the feminists of Australia want women to run Australia, and with fewer and fewer educated men, then women can run Australia.

But while women are getting more tertiary qualifications, women also drop out of full time employment at a much earlier age than men. This is alarming considering that Australia is now competing against countries such as China. With a population of 1.2 billion, China has also established over 2000 Universities and colleges with a current student enrolment of over 6 million, (or nearly 1/3 of Australia’s entire population). With such large numbers of educated and skilled people, China is already absorbing industry from many other countries.

With fewer educated men then women can take over Australia, but those women will also find that they have to work very long hours each day, and quite likely they will have no retirement age. Australian women will also have to pay high levels of tax to support all the unemployed men, and Australian women will also have to compete against the very large numbers of educated and skilled people now in countries such as China.

The women of Australia need every skilled and qualified man they can find.

Absolutely right, as the men of Australia also need skilled and educated women. A skilled and educated population is at the core of a stable, prosperous and harmonious society.
However, there is a good reason why more girls stay on to year 12 and it isn't bias against boys at school. Since 1980 half of all jobs for teenage boys have disappeared, but a staggering two thirds of jobs for teenage girls have simply evapourated, as well. That's one reason why far more kids stay on - there simply are no jobs for them to go to - particularly for girls. Boys still have some chance of getting an apprenticeship or job of some kind if they leave at year 10, girls have virtually none. Indeed, Professor Margaret Vickers at UWS has done some excellent research which also shows that while boys who leave in Year 10 often have a chequered path through the labour market, most girls who leave in year 10 disappear from the labour market altogether - never to reappear! That's one hell of an incentive for them to stay at school. That's why what happens to girls and boys once they leave school, in the labour market, is not off topic, it directly effects the decisions they and their parents make about staying on to year 12 or not.