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.

In other

words half

Accept comma addition

words, half

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

this

view. In my opinion, merit, and not

gender

, should be the criterion for

admission

into

university

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

gender

, many meritorious students will fail to get

admission

.

Also

, while

this

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

university

courses, that really is not the case. Almost every

university

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

admission

to a

university

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

admission

, 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

gender

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

Likewise

, 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

admission

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

this

arrangement will prevent many deserving candidates from gaining

admission

just because they belong to the other

gender

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

this

decision, it is not hard to see that reserving

university

seats on the basis of

gender

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

admission

.