"For intermediate education, there are hardly any coed schools around, " Arora said.

CNN: For a girl in rural India, education is a difficult pursuit

In Syria, for example, unemployment among young men with intermediate education (those who started, but did not complete secondary schooling) is 39%.

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Many parents want to keep boys and girls separate in schools beginning at the intermediate education level, says Shrimohan Arora, school manager at the Amar Chand Kanya Intermediate College for girls in Atrauli, Uttar Pradesh state.

CNN: For a girl in rural India, education is a difficult pursuit