Co-education means educating
both genders boys and girls together in an institute or in a class. Co education
remained controversial issue in Pakistan. In country like Pakistan there are two
schools of thoughts for co education. One is who are in the favour of co
education and want to introduce in all school and colleges. They say that this
system is very useful. They give many arguments in support of their views. Their
main argument is that in a poor and backward country like Pakistan it is
impossible to maintain separate institutions. Therefore, co-education should be
adopted and the existing colleges and schools should be opened to girls. The
supporters of co-education also say that in a progressive society, men and women
should come closer. Co-education would provide an opportunity to the young men
and women to understand each other. This would be very helpful to them in their
future life. It would also be good for the progress of the country. Another
argument is that co-education would raise the standard of education, because it
will promote competition among boys and girls. In our society where men and
women must converge and interact while working, it is aberrant to make schools
which are not co-educational. Co-educational schools are a stepping stone for
all the students who aspire to contribute to their society in future. To be able
to achieve this it is important for them to be confident around the opposite
sex. Co-educational schools prepare students to succeed in post-secondary
education where it is inevitable to not interact with the opposite sex. Studies
have shown that having separate schools for girls and boys doesn’t improve their
academic skills therefore the advantages of having co-educational schools
surpass the idea of having separate schools for boys and girls.
But everything has its disadvantages too. Temptation increases toward opposite
gender. Co-education will create many problems not only for the students but
also for teachers. Temptation does not distinguish between the students and the
teacher. The real reason why some people support co-education is that they like
western culture. They want to be more English than English because west has
co-education so they must have it.
But we have to consider whether our religion, our culture and our circumstances
allow us to adopt co-education...? I can say that they certainly not allow us to
adopt such system. If co-education is inevitable one would agree to it. But it
is not a necessary evil. And there is no reason that we should patronize
everything with foreign name. If it is necessary we should adopt it only at
elementary level while at secondary level and higher secondary level there
should be separate system of education. By adopting this system at secondary and
higher secondary level we will only be able to promote vulgarity in our society.