CO-EDUCATION
Outline:-
1. Introduction.
2. Advantages of co-education.
3. Difficulties and disadvantages.
4. Conclusion.
The problem of co-education is primarily concerned with the education of women. If education is necessary for men, it is equally necessary for women. If this is granted, the next question is whether there should be a different system of education for women. If this is granted, the next question is whether there should be a different system of education for women. If there is to be a different course of study for women, then naturally there will be no problem of co-education because women will be taught in separate schools and colleges. But the real problem of co-education arises when it is granted that both men and women are to be taught the same subjects of study. It is then that boys and girls will have to be taught in the same institutions. In fact this is co-education in the real sense of the word.
When girls and boys are taught in the same school, problems of discipline are bound to arise. It is due to the risk of indiscipline that objections are raised against the system of co-education. In countries like Pakistan where people are orthodox and religious, parents do not wish to send their daughters to the school where boys are taught. Their fears are not unreasonable, having regard to the climatic and social conditions of tropical countries. But all the same, parents do with to educate their daughters, especially because education confers on them certain definite advantages which help them to get decently married. It is thus that the problem of co-education arises.
Granting that girls and boys need the same kind of education it is easy to say that co-education has several advantages. There is first the wholly material and economic advantage of saving duplicate expenditure. The same buildings, libraries and laboratories will be used for teaching both boys and girls. If