Female Enrollment In The Engineering Courses Below 25%, Nirmal Singh Lotus


Engineering for long has been considered the most popular stream in India. About 11 lakh students applied for the JEEE Main exam in 2017 and 72% of them were boys. Nirmal Singh Lotus says that the difference in the male female ratio is quite large and is visible in the engineering and the technology courses in the country. Though the number of girls in the tech field is improving, the gap is still pretty large and uncompetitive.
Even the ministry of Human Resource Development has made a statement saying that the difference in enrollment ratio in the technical colleges is worrisome and it’s high time that the ratio is close to equal now.

Nirmal Singh Lotus says that in a survey conducted in for the higher education revealed that the percentage of the girls in engineering colleges is less than 25%. However the situation is not the same for BA and B.Sc courses. These are the courses where the ratio is almost equal with the enrollment of about 48% girls every year. This means that the girls do not stay away from the science stream but they do refrain from the engineering colleges. That can be due to the family pressure or solely because of their personal choice. But the most common reason is the societal pressure on them. The society has always labelled engineering as a career option only suitable only for men. Though it is the 21st century and the women are performing better in all the fields as compared to the men, the admission ratio shows regressive thinking of the majority of the section.

Nirmal Singh Lotus says that in order to stop the discrimination in the society towards the engineering courses, the institutions have taken many steps, like the introduction of programs especially for the women or increased number of seats for women. They also have various scholarship programs for the women.


But that is not going to improve the ratio. The disparity in the enrollment ratios will continue to prevail unless the society starts working towards it. According to Nirmal Singh Lotus, the first step towards reducing the difference in the video should be to change the perception about the course in the minds of the society. Once that is done, then ratio will start improving automatically.
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