Where have all the boys gone?
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Boys have given a miss to traditional arts and science courses in colleges in the city with many colleges reporting under-representation by them. A DC probe found that there are even post-graduate courses in some college with hardly any boys joining them.
“The main reason for this could be that boys prefer professional courses to the traditional arts and science stream. We also find that girls top in the qualifying examinations and corner most seats as they are more goal-oriented in their studies,” says Ms Asha Latha, principal of Maharajas College.
In Maharajas College, undergraduate (UG) courses have an intake of 47 per cent boys and 53 per cent girls. But when it comes to 18 PG courses, boys’ representation is down to 25 percent.
Only M Sc (Physics) shows a slight difference with 40 percent of the seats occupied by boys. When it comes to M Sc (chemistry) out of 64 students, only 10 are boys, while for MA (Economics) 33 percent are boys and 67 percent girls, says Asha Latha.
At Bharata Mata College, there are three UG courses, and three PG courses. A survey of the records starting from the 2009-2010 batch shows that in M.Com, out of 19 students, only 6 were boys in that year. The second year of the 2009-2010 batch shows a drop in the number of boys to three.
The 2009-2010 M Sc (Chemistry) batch had 11 students where only three were boys, but by the second year all of them had dropped out.
“Most might have opted for professional courses such as engineering or MBBS,” commented Varghese Augustine, senior superintendent of Bharata Mata College.
The percentage of boys for PG courses is only 35% in St Albert’s College. “In the 12 departments, only 25% are boys,” says Dr.Cyriac Mathew, vice principal of St. Albert’s College. (St Albert’s college admits girls only to PG courses.)
Though statistics are not available for SH College, Thevara, Fr Prasanth Palackappillil, too agreed that boys were dwindling in his college too.
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