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

Among other prominent changes that 21st century has brought with it, one of the highly debated topic is w

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women's

rights. Now that the right of equal opportunities for female gender is being accepted at different international forums, some people suggest that equal numbers of students from

both

s

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sexes

should be accepted by the universities in each discipline. In my opinion, I totally disagree with

this

stance and

this

will be analysed by looking at fairness of quota system and analysis of

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the job market

market

.

Firstly

, reserving a certain

number

of female intakes for each course would essentially lead to a quota system which is notorious for discouraging merit, whether it is a

job

market

or

education

admission. As oppose to open merit which ensures that o

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only candidates

the only candidate

with h

ighest

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higher

marks gets enrolled, the quota system negates any

such

right and gives undue preference to another candidate on the basis of gender only.

For example

, as per most recent statistics issued by Higher

Education

Commission, around 75% of recent admissions in higher

education

represents male students and opposite sex accounts for only 25% of

such

admission.

Hence

, it can be seen that i

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the introduction

of f

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a fixed number

number

of seats for females would negate fair competition among students. On o

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the other hand

the equal reflection of each sex in university

education

does not necessarily means that the same proportion follows in the jobs.

This

can be exemplified by the analysis conducted by University of Health S

ciences which

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Sciences, which

suggests that in 2019, “medical

education

to

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the job

ratio is only 30% for female s

tudents which

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students, which

means that

number

of female p

hysicians which

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physicians, which

opts for a

job

after completing their studies is f

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less

when compared with their male counterparts where

this

ratio is 95%.

Hence

, any gap created by non-employment of

such

section of female m

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members'

results into loss of economic output for the national economy as well as l

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a limited supply

of qualified staff for jobs.

Therefore

, ensuring f

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a fix number

number

of

both

gender might create disruption in

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the job market

market

and have negative impact on different segments of society. In conclusion,

although

promoting

education

among f

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the female section

of society might have far reaching e

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effects

for a country on

both

national and international levels, fixing a

number

of female seats may deter competition and have n

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a negative effect

on

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the job market

market

. In my opinion, universities should provide and ensure equal opportunities for

both

genders without any preference.