What is coEducation?

Co-Education means the teaching of both boys and girls in the same school and under the same roof. It also means imparting the same education to both the sexes without any distinction. This system of education aims at bringing boys and girls together. It allows free mixing of sexes without any inhibition.

The great Greek philosopher, Plato had propagated the system of coeducation in the ancient times. He believed that co-education will create a feeling of comradeship between boys and girls. Plato was a great supporter of the education of women. Therefore, he wanted them to be educated with men in the same institutions. He felt that if men and women are taught together, it will develop their personality to the maximum. They will not feel any shyness from each other. He advocated that it was the only method in which both could become useful members of the society.

Plato in reality was much influenced by the co-educational system of Sparta, a city of Greece. There the boys and girls were given both the academic and physical education together. The girls and boys studied and played together. They were both taught the art of fighting, horse riding, archery etc. Thus the women of Sparta were not in any inferior to men.

In ancient India also, there was no segregation between boys and girls in the Aryan society. In the modern times, co-educational system is prevalent in Europe and USA. In India also, now-a-days more and more co-educational schools and colleges are being established.

Advantages of Co-Education

There are many advantages and hardly any disadvantages in the coeducational system of education. The first advantage is that if boys and girls are taught together, there will not be any need for opening separate schools for boys and girls. Co-education is an economical system, because both boys and girls can study in same schools and they can be taught by the same staff.

Secondly, boys and girls have to live together in the society in their later lives and if they are taught together from the very beginning, they can understand each other well. The girls will not feel shy in the presence of boys. The boys will also not tease the girls.

Again if they are taught together, it will create a sense of healthy competition among them. In this manner, they will work hard and pay serious attention to their studies. A feeling of comradeship will also develop between the boys and girls. The boys will not indulge in in eve-teasing and the girls will bot be afraid of boys. Thus they will have a balanced development of their personality.

It is also a common experience that the boys behave decently in the company of girls. They do not use rough and abusive language in the presence of girls. They also dress properly and talk mannerly. Similarly, the girls will also lose their fear of the boys if they are taught with them. On the other hand if boys and girls are taught in separate schools, boys misbehave with the girls. they boys always have a curiosity to know about them. But when they study together, their curiosity is satisfied and they do not consider girls as strange creatures.

Thus if co-education is introduced, there will be no problem of discipline among the students. In the western countries, there is no separation between boys and girls in the schools.

Dis-advantages of Co-Education

Of course certain conservative people criticize the system of co-education. According to them, this system is against our tradition. They also fear that coeducation will develop immoral relationships between boys and girls. They believe that in this system both the boys and girls will be spoilt. But these arguments do not hold much water.

The fact is that there are so many advantages of co-education when boys and girls have to live later on as husband and wife, there is no need of separating them in schools. Rather it will give them the opportunity to come close to each other and understand each other fully. We should not believe in the morality of the medieval ages. The world is changing fast today and women are being given an equal status with men in the society. Let us, therefore accept the changing order and open more and more co-educational institutions in future and say good bye to separate institutions.

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Responses to "Advantages and Dis-Advantages of Co-Education" Author: Tanmay 04 Aug 2010 Member Level: Bronze Points : 2

Co-education means the education of boys and girls in same school,colleges or universities. This is a modern concept and has brought remarkable change in the sociesties. It was first introduces in Switzerland, but now it has become popular almost in all Europe and America. The supporters of this system favour the system mainnly on two grounds,one economical and other sociological.In first place they says that co-education is an economical measure for poor countries like India,Pakistan and many others. It is not possible for poor countries to build seperate colleges for both sexes as it requires a lot of capital.A lot of money is required to build libraries,labortaries and the whole building of a college or university. In second place people claims that when both sexes will study in same class rooms their confidene level will increase and the relation between both sexes will deepen and strengthen its roots and that will be benificial for both sexes in their future life. When the both sexes will study together the environment will be totaly changed, boys will become less coarse and girls less morbid and that will be benificial for bith sexes. More over, this type of system will blow the spirit of fight in getting more numbers so,there will be more competetion and more intellectuals will be produced. When both sexes will spend time in same class they will be able to understand their natures and that will be helpful when they will .marry. To educate both sexes under the same roof will require number of teachers and that will be much better from the economic point of view. When both sexes will be teached in same class room the fence of shyness will be removed and will encourage both sexes to talk and discuss matters freely and confidently. On the other hands some people have different opinion they claims that this system will bring vulgarity and obscenity in the society. they claims that youth is blind ,so both sexes should not be teached under same roof. They

says that both sexes in their teen ages when they meet freely , there are chances that they may become the victims of thier emotions.They claims that this type of educations will remove the necessary distance between the two sexes and that can be harmfull. In the end one can conclude that in some situations this system of education is necessary but in some situations not.

Author: Radha Muralidhar Hi,

07 Aug 2010

Member Level: Gold Points : 2

Co-education in schools and colleges give the boys and girls a good chance for interaction. Nowadays, most families have only one child, either a boy or a girl. When the child doesn't have any sibling it won't be knowing about the behavior of the other gender. Studying in a co-ed school helps the child to understand the opposite sex and adjust with them.

Further, when they grow up they need to work in an environment wherein they have to interact with males as well as females. In such a situation, they may not feel out of place if they would have studied in co-ed schools right from their childhood.

Author: Ashish Kumar

08 Aug 2010

Member Level: Diamond Points : 2

Apart from the reasons stated above already, co- ed brings about, is in sobering the boy's rash and errant behavior.When there is the presence of fair sexes, the atmosphere remains at its soberest and the coolest best. Even corporate world is applying the policy of employing more and more womens giving them incentives to keep their work places cool.