Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

According to some people, the number of boys and girls admitted to any course should be the same.

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of the seats should be reserved for male candidates and half should be reserved for female candidates. I do not agree with

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view. In my opinion, merit, and not

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, should be the criterion for

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into

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programmes. The argument that the number of boys and girls in each course should be the same is illogical in every aspect. To start with, it shows utter disregard for merit. If seats are reserved on the basis of

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, many meritorious students will fail to get

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.

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, while

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move might seem to be an attempt to empower women by increasing their participation in

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courses, that really is not the case. Almost every

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in the world already admits both boys and girls. In order to secure

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to a

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programme of her choice, a girl only has to get good grades. If she waits for reservation to gain

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, it is akin to admitting that her skills are not on par with those of male students. Another argument against reserving seats on the basis of

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is the difference in the aptitude of men and women. Certain courses like nursing, home science or teaching are more popular among the girls.

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, certain courses like engineering and mechanics are more popular among boys. If half of the seats are reserved for boys in a nursing course, chances are many seats will lie vacant. At the same time, many meritorious girls will fail to get

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. Even in courses where both boys and girls have the same aptitude,

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arrangement will prevent many deserving candidates from gaining

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just because they belong to the other

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. To conclude, after analysing various scenarios that might arise from the implementation of

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decision, it is not hard to see that reserving

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seats on the basis of

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is unwise. It may dilute the quality of education by letting undeserving students in and preventing deserving students from securing

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