Rural gender gap in girls' education persists in India despite overall progress

A UNESCO report titled 'Gender Equity in Access to Education' shows that girls in rural India face significant challenges in completing upper-secondary education. Overall, girls remain disadvantaged in India with an adjusted gender parity index of 0.89. Meanwhile, with 15% of seats in government medical colleges allocated to the NRI quota, demand for management quota seats in private medical colleges has declined, leaving 656 management quota seats vacant.