India: Girls gain extra points in admissions

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'NEW DELHI: Feel fortunate if you are seeking the nursery admission of your girl child this year. Boys may crib, but many schools are giving extra points to girls in the admission criteria. The purpose is to facilitate the education of the girl child as the ratio of girls to boys is still dismal in the classrooms, say schools.

"Being a co-ed school, we want a healthy ratio of boys to girls in our school because of which we are giving 10 extra points to the girl child. It's alarming that the number of girls coming for admission has declined over the last five years. Roughly, every fifth applicant for nursery admission is a girl,'' said Jyoti Bose, principal Springdales, Dhaula Kuan.'