Are single sex schools more effective than co-ed schools ?
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Having been tutored in a single sex school for fourteen years, I believe that single sex schools are more effective than co-ed schools. During the teenage years hormonal changes are high and the result can be very obscuring for both boys and girls. Combining this with a co-ed learning environment can result in a loss of concentration on studies.
Furthermore, competition between the sexes can result in an ill-matched learning environment. Girls, for example, may not excel in science for fear of turning off male interest. Likewise, boys may not express their opinions in English classes for fear of not appearing robust to female classmates. Some parents prefer such schools as it gives their children a habitat free from diversion and hindrance. Instead of studying, girls divert their focus to the use of artificial embellishments and boys fritter away most of their time in trying to look buff by visiting the gym regularly. By separating the learning environments, these issues are eliminated.
Research shows that girls prefer a warm environment while studying whereas boys prefer a cooler environment. Therefore external conditions can be matched to the required conditions by arranging for different schools for the joven and jovencita. Students feel more congenial when placed in a gender-specific school. They are more forthright and outspoken. It becomes very easy for them to discuss their personal issues. Thereby, I conclude that girls and boys stay more confident and learn more in a gender-specific school.
By Nishita V Sethiya - I BBA B
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The world we live in is one with both the genders working in communion with each other, so why not prepare school-going children by creating a more factual environment rather than a hypothetical one during their years of primary development. Although the students might find it easier to perform better in academics and other activities in a single sex institution, the real world is not single sex and hence they will find it difficult to cope once they start working.
Single sex schools lead to poor social skills among children. According to “Forbes,” when students are segregated by sex, they miss opportunities to work together and develop vital social skills. Moreover when students are segregated they often wonder why and this leads them to think that one gender is either inferior or superior than the other, therefore going against gender equality which has been a century long struggle.
When boys and girls are segregated they often draw up wrong conclusions about the other gender and in turn stereotypes like girls can't play sports, women are nurses not doctors, men are lazy/ messy, men do not cook, sew or do crafts etc., originate. These gender stereotypes tend to stick onto the child as he develops and this attitude is not appreciated in a workplace as many employers try to do away with such stereotypes.
Thereby, i conclude that in the real world, men and women work together and coeducational institutions train you for it.
By Tanya Paul - I BBA B
