Girls in
Bangladesh forge ahead at every step of education, even surpassing boys at some
levels. Yet that picture changes as soon as they reach the doorstep of higher
education, where only 39 out of every 100 university students are female.
In
employment-oriented technical and vocational education, this number is even
lower, dropping below 30. At the diploma level, the proportion of female
students has plummeted to 23.82 percent.
The momentum
achieved by girls in primary and secondary e...
