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Bengaluru Woman Challenges Schools’ Unwritten Housewives-Only Admission Expectation

Bengaluru Woman Challenges Schools’ Unwritten Housewives-Only Admission Expectation
‘Mothers Should Be Housewives’: Bengaluru Woman Calls Out School’s ‘Unwritten Filtration Admission Criteria’ · timesnownews.com

A woman in Bengaluru wrote about a school’s admission practices.

She said the school seemed to expect mothers to be housewives.

She described this as an unwritten admission rule.

She said schools ask about job status every year.

She believed this allows schools to keep track of students’ families.

She questioned what values schools teach if they think women should not work.

She found this surprising in a modern city and technology hub.

She also said many people accept the practice as normal.

Key facts

Location
Bengaluru
Issue
An alleged unwritten admission criterion concerning mothers’ employment status
Reported expectation
Mothers should be housewives
School practice described
Asking about job status every year
Woman’s criticism
She questioned what values institutions would give students
Wider concern
She said many people accept the practice as normal

Quotes

Bengaluru woman

Woman whose post criticized the school’s alleged gendered admission expectations

“What values will these institutions give to the students if the first thought is that women should not be working.”
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