Girls outnumber male college applicants

. The Online College Admissions System (OCAS) has received more than 225,000 online applications for intermediate admissions in government colleges across Punjab. Female applicants account for over 147,000 applications, compared to about 78,000 male applicants. FA and ICS emerged as the most popular disciplines, receiving 86,220 and 72,043 applications, respectively, together accounting for around 70 per cent of the total. FSc Pre-Medical ranked third with 39,255 applications. Female applicants represented 80% of applications in Pre-Medical, 69% in FA, and 58% in ICS. Among technical disciplines, FA-IT received 9,951 applications. Male applicants showed greater representation in DIT and D Com. Other programmes, including Home Economics, Medical Lab Technology, Dental Hygiene, and Physiotherapy Technology, received comparatively fewer applications.