First women’s college on west coast turns coed

Come September, the first women’s college on India’s western coast will admit young men as students. The Apostolic Carmel congregation started St Agnes College in Mangaluru more than a century ago to exclusively educate women.
After its centenary celebrations in 2021, the college decided to start co-education, says principal Apostolic Carmel Sister M Venissa. “The college wished to extend its legacy of a century to male students at the undergraduate level. Finally, we are able to make it and admissions will commence from next academic year,” she told reporters. The principal also said they would admit about 30 percent male students in the first year. The number will be increased according to the demand.