Boys inrolled less than Girl in PU

PATNA: It may sound incredible, but is a fact that the number of girl students enrolled in different institutions of  Patna University (PU) far exceeds that of boys. More than 9,000 girls are enrolled in 10 constituent colleges of PU against altogether 6,000 boys.
There are only three girls' colleges, namely Patna Women's College, Magadh Mahila College and Women's Training College, under PU and their combined student strength comes to 7,437. And, all the remaining seven colleges are coeducational, admitting a significant number of girls.
As many as 254 girls were admitted in Patna Science College in the last academic session, while the total number of students admitted to the college was 741. Similarly, in Patna College, out of the 2,000 students admitted, 400 were girls. Even in B N College, as many as 364 girls sought admission in different courses in the last session.
In the postgraduate departments of arts, science and commerce, girls constitute nearly half of the total strength. In many PG courses, including those of science faculty, the number of girls admitted far exceeds that of boys. For instance, there are 59 girls against 10 boys in botany, 33 girls against 21 boys in biochemistry, 54 girls against 30 boys in psychology and 66 girls against 51 boys in geography.
As a matter of fact, many departments of social science and humanities are dominated by girls. "If the present trend continues, the days are not very far off when boys may have to wait outside the classroom till the entry of the teacher," says a senior teacher of psychology jokingly.
The persistent socioeconomic backwardness and the orthodox middle class psyche notwithstanding, the concept of coeducation in colleges is gaining momentum in the city. Even colleges which were once considered "exclusive bastions" of the members of the so-called stronger sex, have, of late, converted into coeducational institutions. With the increasing demand for education, more and more girls are coming up to join institutions not having the label of "girls' college", said PU science faculty dean Upendra Kishore Sinha.
PU geography department head R B P Singh said that not only the enrolment of girls in higher education has increased considerably in recent years, but their performance has also improved appreciably. Most toppers of different examinations in PU happen to be girls, he added.