Rising dominance of girls a good social change: President Kovind

He was addressing the 27th convocation of the Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya here.

"The dominance of daughters in the country has started rising. This is a good social change. It is now becoming the order of the day. It will brighten the country's future," he said.

"Due to this social change, people have started saying in jest that the reservation being provided to women for their empowerment would prove to be pointless in the times to come, and now boys might start demanding quota for themselves," the president said.

"Out of the 53 students who were given medals today, the number of girls was more than the boys. A total of 32 girls got medals. Also out of 11 students who were given degrees (on stage), 10 were girl students," he said.

On education, Kovind said it was not merely a mechanism to gain knowledge and employment, but a tool to make people self-reliant and enhance their capacities.

"This helps an educated person in creating opportunities for others, and become a job provider instead of a job seeker," he said.

Kovind also lauded the setting up of an entrepreneurship cell at the Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyala.

"It will help students in transforming ideas into business ventures," he said.