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How Do Single Sex Schools Effect

Students Young People Essay


Single sex school is better than co-ed school as it brings more confidence to every individual.
Single sex education as known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting
education where male and female students attend separate classes or schools while co-ed
school is the integrated education of males and females in the same institution.
Socially, single sex school makes for more mature people earlier. Young people learn more from
experience of diversity. Educationally, single sex schools seem to be better for girls to do well at
"traditionally male" subjects like chemistry and physics. Emotionally it encourages sexual
relationships which some say it's a distraction from education or is to be objected to morally
especially for girls which is why Islam forbids coeducation. If a boy isn't "male stereotype" in
personality he is more likely to be lonely in a single-sex school because with co-ed he may find
girls to hang out with. Generally single-sex schools tend to have better academic grades and
better discipline, but this may be because most of the hard-working Hindu and Muslim children
go there or for other reason that allow them to select against disruptive and disaffected kids,
rather than because they are single-sex.
Furthermore, single sex schools are more educational than co-ed school because boys are less
attracted by girls and girls are also less obsessed with the boys. Therefore, students may pay
more attention on classes while all students are same sex. Besides, they will also break out of
their behavior when they are left to their own devices. Single sex education has a delightful way
of encouraging students to be fearless, to be curious, to be enthusiastic, and to just be
themselves. Single sex education with more controlled social outlets is just the ticket for many
students. Firstly is less pressure to act cool around friends of other sex. Secondly is less conflict
between friends of the opposite sex. Thirdly is more relaxed attitude such as not putting on a
show for boys or girls they like. Last but not least, they have lower levels of anxiety over
appearance or clothing. Also, less emotional stress brought on by the head games teens play
while in relationships.
There are several reasons for choosing a single sex school. For boys, they tend to soften their
competitive edge and become more cooperative in a single sex school. They can just be boys
and not worry about what girls might think or judge them. Furthermore, boys enjoy playing in an
orchestra as opposed to a marching band and learn Latin in single sex settings.
For girls, teachers will quickly feel comfortable exploring non-traditional subjects like
mathematics, advanced science, computers, and technology if the teacher understands how to
teach girls. Besides, they may drop their shyness in a single sex setting. They join some sports
like hockey, football follow their hobbies without worrying about appearing like tom boys girls are
free from sexual harassment which always happens in co-ed high schools. In all-girls schools,
girls take over all the positions of leadership whether it's drama, sports, or debate team. Also,
they participate in class discussions freely, which boys always dominate in co-educational
schools. They tend to gain confidence in themselves as students and score higher on their
examinations. Girls no longer have to live up to expectations that they must be nice, quiet, nonathletic, and passive. Moreover, girls may work harder without boys distracting them. Girls
brains usually work differently from boys because girls are more likely to take up subjects
normally dominated by boys. For example like maths and sciences.

On the other hand, co-ed schools are many like gender stereotyping has mostly seen in these
institutes. Both sexes are almost immature in the very young age and they get mix and are not
able to keep a distance. Teacher favoritism is also major issues like some teachers favor girls
and some boys. It has been observed that Co-education can cause gender stereotyping. Many
students are not able to focus on their studies and they become interested in each other at very
young age. Some favoritism has also been observed. In co-education sometimes it becomes
difficult for the parents to manage their kids. Students are more likely to become fashion
conscious. It can affect the natural learning for some of the students.
Co-Education is bad because it create the complex in the poor student who cannot afford
expensive mobiles, car, motorbike etc. The one big disadvantage about having boys and girls in
the same class is when we go for physical education. Boys and girls just cannot do the same
type of exercise or play the same game together. So we need to have two teachers, one for the
boys and one for the girls. Our headmaster has come up with the ingenious solution of having
two classes doing P.E. at the same time so that the boys and girls from each class combine
together under one teacher each.
There are certain conservative people criticize the system of co-education. According to them,
this system is against our tradition. They also fear that co-education will develop immoral
relationships between boys and girls. They believe that in this system both the boys and girls
will be spoilt. The negative aspect is engaging in some non required activities like mostly in
coeducation girls and boys are found hanging around those cafes and pubs bunking the classes
and this all stinks
There are also certain disadvantages of co-education. First, co-education is against the law of
nature. Girls and boys are temperamentally different from each other. They have different duties
to perform. A girl is required to receive education which can make her a good wife and a good
mother while a boy is required to receive education which can make him a good husband and a
good father. A Uniform education cannot help them be expert in their respective fields. Thus the
very idea of co-education is wrong. Then co-education is against our traditions. It will develop
immoral relations between boys and girls. Young boys and girls may fall a victim to their
emotions.
Moreover, research on coeducation has shown that coeducation in its commonly practiced form
tends to reinforce rather than diminish gender stereotypes. For several years the studies
concentrated on girls, only during the last seven years or so the focus shifted to boys. All in all, it
can be said that coeducation has proved to be of great disadvantage for both sexes. Some of
the most common disadvantages for girls are having less space at their disposal, literally as well
as symbolically speaking in coeducational classes. Furthermore, no matter if the teachers are
male or female, girls get only few fraction of the teachers attention compared to boys. Also girls
are abused as "social workers", according to the motto " seat a well-behaved girl next to a
disruptive boy", so as to create an orderly working situation in the classroom. Girls
achievements in school are discriminatingly attributed to their diligence versus boys
intelligence. Disruptive girls are treated much more severely than disruptive boys. Boys are
given more speaking time during lessons. Cooperative behavior of girls is labeled as
"conformity", whereas boys` competitive attitudes are usually admired and seen positively by
teachers. Girls` contributions in lessons are often pulled to pieces by their male classmates.
They are also humiliated, degraded and ridiculed. Even today girls are little motivated for
science and mathematics and still opt for traditional female subjects like languages and
humanities. The same applies to the choice of schools - girl tend to attend schools that are
traditionally associated with female education and shun technical schools. Girls` strengths are

often not seen as such: cooperative behaviour, high commitment in school, social intelligence,
high achievements, good performances, to name but a few.
During the early years of research on gender and school ( from the late seventies onward), most
of the studies dealt with girls. Programmers to strengthen girls were developed and practised.
As a result - not only of this , but also of the crisis of the male in Western world in general - boys
seem to have become even more disruptive and difficult. And so it was realized that
coeducation cannot be improved without working with both sexes. As a result the focus of
researchers to a very high degree female turned to boys, particularly boys up to the age of 14 or
15. Also, there was a change as to the approach: In the early days of gender - conscious work
in schools (notably with girls), girls were seen as having deficits compared to boys. From the
late eighties onwards the approach was that of a concept of difference, with the vision of a
school in in that offered equal opportunities for both boys and girls, reinforcing non-traditional
gender stereotypes rather than perpetuating the traditional ones.
Besides, the disadvantages of coeducation for boys are most of the boys have great problems
in the field of social competence. Cooperative methods of work are difficult for them (group and
teamwork, for example) - whereas, vice versa, girls find competitive methods more difficult.
Boys tend to "solve" conflicts with physical and verbal aggressions. They lag behind
considerably in language learning, achieving far worse results. In general, male pupils have
worse results in school, fail more often and have a higher dropout rate.
As a conclusion the advantages and disadvantages of attending a single sex school or coeducational school are now being looked into more closely when the decision is being made on
which environment is best for a child to learn. Each school environment has pros and cons to
offer the student. What is important is that the right learning environment is selected based on
the one student and how they learn. When a student is not placed in the right learning
environment for them they can begin to fall behind the rest of the class. It is important to keep in
mind that neither learning environment has yet to show that is the best learning environment for
all children to be taught in. This is why the question "Is a single sex school or a mixed school the
best learning environment for my child?" is been asked more and more recently but as a
advantage they would able to know how to behave and the difference between them.

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