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

This

question, whether there should be equal seats for male and female

students

in every

subject

? has been raised many times in the recent past. One group of people believe that universities should intake an equal number of male and female

students

for each

subject

.

However

, I do not agree with

this

idea of equal seats for men and women in universities and will provide reasons to support my viewpoint in

this

essay.

To begin

with, males and

females

have different preferences, when it comes to what they may want to study, depending on the job they want to do in the future. Few subjects including mechanics or electronics, attract more males than

females

,

similarly

, more

females

are inclined towards studying subjects like fashion designing and aviation hospitality as compared to men.

For instance

, a report on the aviation industry in India shows that 85% of the staff are

females

.

Secondly

, it would be unfair to accept admissions based on gender, rather, their merits should be the basis of their admission to a particular

subject

. If

this

rule of admitting equal males and

females

for each

subject

is implemented,

then

it may create pressure on the universities to get an equal number of

students

from both genders to enrol for the

subject

.

Furthermore

, it will

also

be unfair to the

students

.

For instance

, if a female student who has good grades and wishes to enrol in a specific

subject

, is not able to because the female quota is full, it would be unfair and unjust, as she would be deprived of her right to study the

subject

of her choice, despite having sufficient grades. In conclusion, though sexist inequality should not exist, reserving equal seats for each gender in every

subject

, is not a good idea because it is not practical and

also

not fair. I believe, that admissions to any

subject

should be based only on merits and not on the gender of the student.