Nearly 58% of boys achieved an A*-C grade, up four points.
Among his many novels, however, only A Pál utcai fíuk (1907; The Paul Street Boys) achieved much success.
Eight per cent of boys achieved an A*, compared with 7.9% of girls, in results for 335,000 candidates in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
"As a result of work in schools, the proportion of black Caribbean boys achieving five good GCSEs is up 11 percentage points since 2003, compared to the national increase of seven percentage points.
61% of girls and 50% of boys achieved this.
"The dual contract will help top international boys achieve that.
While more boys achieved A* to C grades than last year, girls continued to outperform them by 7.6%.
Last year, 59% of boys achieved an A* to C in English GCSE compared to 73% of girls.
In addition, when girls collaborate, they perform best within same-sex groups, whereas boys achieve better results in mixed-gender groups.
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