COMMENT | There has been a call for targeted support for male students to address the gender gap in Malaysian universities, where women make up 59 percent of enrolment, an 18-point difference compared to male admission nationwide.

Having a student body that consists of 70 percent females in that particular university has also been cited as a concern of disparity requiring an address.

It has stirred heated discussions and debates among the public - some shared their experience in school, that poorly performing male students with 2As are given leeway to enter the top science stream classes, while girls with 7-8As are turned away.

The higher female enrolment rate has long served as a convenient shield for misogynists in deterring the overwhelming claim that women in this country have been