Co - Ed schools or is it better to have single sex schools ?

I have completed only co-educational schooling hence not much experience with single sex schools. I personally prefer co-education as the children get comfortable towards both the sexes. I have noticed some females who had all their education from single sex school have either developed disrespect towards boys or they are unable to speak with them due to shyness.

I agree that both boys and girls feel awkward when they have not had a chance to interact with each other under normal circumstances, which is what happens in CO Ed schools. I have taught in both kind if schools and can see the difference in attitude and perception of the youngsters.. It is really marked difference

As I was educated in Co -Ed schools right from the beginning, I got used to it. In fact, in my college in Vizianagaram, in AP, I used to sit with a Girl student on the same bench. Neither I nor she felt awkward.

I am for co-education. Society is extended family.  In a family, father and mother, brothers and sisters live together. School is also a family- extended family where boys and girls of all families study and interact. There is no reason why there be gender segregation in school.  Moreover, in real life- market, offices- men and women both intermingle and work together. so why separate schools for boys and girls. 

I too studied in CO Ed after pre education, before which I attended a girls only convent, which definitely had its advantages but also the nuns made us feel that looking at boys , leave alone speaking to one was a sin. Of course there were many adventurous girls who WD jump the wall, bribe the gate man etc to go out of the gates during lunch break to meet their boy friends, this was in high school.

Later in college it was as if a door had opened and initially some of the girls went berserk not knowing how to handle this new freedom of being able to communicate with the opposite sex.

Though there were no such adventurous girls in my School days or College students, I came across with many girls who were extraordinarily  brilliant with very bold thoughts. At times they used to talk about in the presence of Boys about the necessity of Sexual education. Of course without any bad intention. In their association, I shed away hesitation and shyness, that were there early. Summing up, I would say Co-Ed has many advantages. My children also studied in Co- Ed schools.

I am for co-education schools because only by interacting which each other in normal circumstances, girls and boys learn to interact and appreciate each others' differences. In seggregated schools, they never learn to do that and end up indulging in risky behavior, such as indiscriminate dating, risky sexual relations etc. and for boys, it results into looking down upon girls as mere objects and no respect for other sex.

I too like Co- education. because of its benefits. But, may be there are exceptions, where in even in Co -education there are a few disadvantages. In this connection, it won't be out of context to quote an example of a student in my College who spoiled his extraordinary brilliant career due to a love affair. This is the age, some youngsters do not know the difference between love and infatuation. He was the student, on whom all the students and the lecturers pinned hopes that he would be the topper of the Andhra University. Ultimately, the inevitable happened. He could neither marry the girl with whom he had an affair, nor he could achieve what is expected of him. He just managed to pass the university exams with border marks. Now he is a retired clerk living in another town.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

I am for co-education schools because only by interacting which each other in normal circumstances, girls and boys learn to interact and appreciate each others' differences. In seggregated schools, they never learn to do that and end up indulging in risky behavior, such as indiscriminate dating, risky sexual relations etc. and for boys, it results into looking down upon girls as mere objects and no respect for other sex.

Yes true Kalyani...I wonder why they don't have this happening at state levels where many government run schools have co-ed only till the higher primary level after which they have separate sections for girls and boys at high school levels, in our state. I am sure it is the same all over the country in government run schools except in Central schools..

i think there should more and more CO-ED school should be there because i think that the student whether he is a boy or she is a girl they should come to know that they both are human, and everyone has the freedom to share some knowledge with everyone whether he is he or she is she.

Co-educational schools are a healthy form of education. I studied only in coeducational schools throughout. But in all Islamic countries, there is no co-education at all even in modern UAE where I am.

I too am all for CO education system and other than convents, most private schools are CO educational.

By the way Dubai has many private shools which are CO educational including a school run by the Indian Embassy

MG Singh wrote:

Co-educational schools are a healthy form of education. I studied only in coeducational schools throughout. But in all Islamic countries, there is no co-education at all even in modern UAE where I am.

I studied in CO educational Schools. My Children too studied in CO educational Schools. These Schools helped me in shaping myself into a broad minded andemancipated individual 

I completed my school education boys school. Indeed in that time here were no school of co-education. But my college have co-education. I am in favor of co-education.

I wish we had a rule here which stops members from repeating the same thing twice or more times in every page..

@ anil, most colleges are co ed now , even in villages because the number of schools are fewer and they need to cater to all the children in the vicinity they cannot afford to have a boys only or girls only schools..

Although I studied in a convent school and college for girls, I am entirely in favour of co-educational system. I remember my university days where my lady friends and I felt a bit awkward while communicating with the male batch mates. It took a little time to feel free. During this I have noticed that the girls who had brothers including me were able to shed their hesitation quite quickly while others who didn't have any brother were very shy in talking and mixing with the boys of the class.

I see some ladies who studied in girls only schools and colleges quite shy while dealing with men. It may also be partly the way they have been brought up, sheltered and not given much freedom during their formative years.

Co -Education system certainly is a good system. Many of the C -Educational schools and Colleges are popular and are in great demand. Seeing this popularity, many popular Co -Educational colleges are capitalizing and charging exorbitant fees. Now presently, many agitations are going on in AP, protesting against the high fees structure of these colleges. The Govt is discussing with College Managements regarding this. If the fees structure of these reputed Colleges are reduced to a reasonable level, Co -Education gains more popularity. Additionally even the poor parents too send their children to these colleges and schools without hesitation.

The agitations that go on in different states is against fee structure and has nothing to do with CO Ed education. Most of these institutions are run by politicians or their family members, so the state govt seldom take action. I doubt if fee structure and CO Ed colleges are LinkedIn any way, since fee hike is done in all colleges. 

usha manohar wrote:

The agitations that go on in different states is against fee structure and has nothing to do with CO Ed education. Most of these institutions are run by politicians or their family members, so the state govt seldom take action. I doubt if fee structure and CO Ed colleges are LinkedIn any way, since fee hike is done in all colleges. 

NO they are not linked in any way, co-ed is totally a different thing than fee hike. The entire education system has been systematically captured by politicians all over the country and turned into commercial, money-making venture. Co-education is something that allows girls and boys to interact together in a much healthy and natural way without any gender biases or stereotypes shadowing their relationship. I think the segregation of girls and boys at a very young age which happens in girls-only and boys-only schools and then  the total freedom in college later on confuses most young girls and boys on how to deal naturally with each other. Of course, those who have either-sex siblings at home adjust quickly but overall this process is really not necessary. In fact, together they can learn much better than when segregated.