JAIPUR: The state government’s decision to close 81 girls’ schools in a bid to open Mahatma Gandhi English Medium School (MGEMS), a co-ed school, could result in girl students dropping out, said experts.
These girls’ schools opened in the past 20 years in areas specific to some orthodox castes and communities showed a significant increase in the enrolment of girls but now the strong resistance of parents in these areas to not send girls to co-ed schools can impact the enrolment of girls.