In many countries today, parents are able to send their children to single-sex schools or co-education schools. Some people think that children going to single-sex schools have disadvantages later in life. To what extent do you agree.

Single-sex schools are a common phenomena. Most of the convents and religious schools in

middle ages

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the middle ages

throughout the world

seperated

classrooms by

gender

. Convents in many European countries, Hindu religious schools in India and

confucian

relating to or characteristic of Confucianism

Confucian

schools in China, had

this

practice of

gender

segregation

at

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in

schools.

However

, during the 19th century, co-education schools became prominent and are now a default mode of education.

However

, regarding the benefits of both, there are some disagreements. Some believe that single-sex schools have disadvantages in the long term. They opine that lack of exposure to opposite

gender

deprives them of specific skills which they learn from each other.

Also

, once they commence their careers in the industry, communication between the

both

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suffers, as they would not have interacted in a professional environment before. It is

also

believed that mingling with other sexes is an essential part of social life. But all that glitters is not gold.

Firstly

, while I agree

to

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with

the points they made, I believe that the benefits of single-sex schools outshine those that of the co-education ones. One advantage is that the innate urge of humans to impress other

gender

would not arise in the case of same-sex schools. Teachers, in a recent research reported that pupils tend to be less aggressive and more interested in the subjects when the other

gender

is not present. They

also

did not shy away from

experssing

give expression to

expressing

their lack of knowledge or asking doubts, which is a definite advantage.

In addition

to

this

, learning could be tweaked to suit the specific

gender

’s needs.

Secondly

, the disadvantages of boys/girls only schools are easy to overcome. Though boys and girls do not interact

in

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with

schools, they could meet and converse in other places like sports classes, religious events or even public functions, like NSS, every week. There are

also

work shops

small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

workshops

available these days to groom them to work in a professional environment. In conclusion, I believe

gender

specific schools have an edge over the co-education schools. Though there are valid concerns over communication aspects, they could be resolved using other, equally effective measures.