Pros And Cons Of Single Sex Education

“Analysis of data from a survey of 3355 young people (aged 15/16 years), carried out in 13 co-educational English secondary schools (as part of the RIPPLE study), showed that the majority of girls, and about one-third of boys, would like some or all of their sex education to be delivered in single-sex groups”. (Strange, Oakley, Forrest, 2010) This analysis shows that the student themselves would prefer a study profile which is focused in a single-sex group or single-sex education institute. The debate on whether parents should consider this study preference has been going on since ages ago, weighing both the pros and cons of single-sex education. Concerns regarding the education sector is very crucial as the foundation of every country is based

Men and women can pursue any interest or occupation, but have to mind the gulf between essential natures of girls and boys argues for separate classrooms or schools for some, with gender specific instructional method of learning as mention by Sax and Gurian (Liben 2015; Signorella and Bigler 2013b). In other words, this ability allows tutor to specifically design teaching methods and classes which potentially reach the students understanding of a specific topic or lesson. For example, girls are often empowered to be leaders while boys on the other hand are thought the method of collaboration. With the suitable environment, students will quickly adapt and feel comfortable venturing into non-traditional subjects. For girls, subjects like mathematics, woodwork and computers comes into play. For boys, subjects like orchestra, arts and humanities would be venture under single-sex settings. Thus, students tend to perform well in the examinations. Based on a research done by Great Lakes Centre, there is a significant difference in success of students between single-sex schools and mix-gendered schools (Bracey, 2006). This research provides crucial evidence in the proof that single-sex education builds a more complete child’s learning profile with the help of gender specific curriculums

One of the major disadvantages of the single-sex education is that it unintentionally promotes poor social skills and a poor social development. (Bigler, Signorella, 2011). When these schools segregate the students, they may think that their gender is inferior or better than the opposite. Not only that, the students will not develop vital social skill due to them not being able to mix with the opposite gender which may show its effects on the students in the near future. In the future, this can lead to problems in forming relationships between both genders when the students grow into adults. It is also believed that the females could not develop their masculine side and the male could not develop their feminine side. As a result, it creates less sympathy and comprehension towards the opposite sex. Even though, girls enrol in sports and boys enrol in music or arts, it only gives knowledge and part of the child’s learning profile. When boys and girls coexist in the same educational institute, the mix around and their learning profile would be complete in the sense where they interact with the opposite gender more