Sex segregation in educational institutions has reached abominable levels at Farook College in Kozhikode. The 67-year-old college, which claims to be the most advanced co-educational institute for the Muslim minority in South India, has created boys only and girls only zones around the campus. Not only is the canteen separated by gender, but even open air areas around the campus have certain restrictions. They have been put in place in order to discourage boys and girls from mingling. Only last week college authorities put signs saying 'Rest Zone (Boys)' near the new benches set up at the college entrance. "I had sat on the bench with a boy student and a security guard rushed to us and asked us to move away . There is not even a single outdoor area with proper seating for girls to sit on," said a first year female student who refused to be named (as quoted by TOI). Oddly enough the majority of students in the college are girls.