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

 

It is a perennial debate whether single-sex schools have demerits later in life. I agree with the notion since such schooling lacks diversity.

The foremost downside is this type of schooling is full of single-gender interactions rather than interaction with the opposite gender. While single-gender classrooms provide a relaxed ambience for children's interaction with their gender, it is different in the real world, where boys and girls must interact and work with each other. Moreover, when they are used to interacting only with one gender in school, the awkwardness and newness of the experience make it difficult for boys and girls to interact and converse comfortably.

Another demerit of this schooling is it promotes gender disparity. To be more precise, children usually tend to be shy around each other or are just too curious about each other. In a co-ed, they might fight with each other, but they grow up knowing each other well. This is a healthy way of growing up, absent in single-gender education. Moreover, single-gender classrooms or schools could make children feel they are superior to the other sex, and that promotes gender disparity.

Yet another disadvantage of single-gender schooling is less socialising. It means girls and boys in single-sex schools may miss out on learning how to socialise with the opposite gender, which can lead them to feel shy or uncomfortable meeting their counterparts outside school. When they face other people of the opposite gender, they do not always know how to react, as they are unfamiliar with the environment.

To conclude, single-sex schools undeniably have various advantages as well; however, such students may face troubles in the latter period owing to less confidence in working in a co-ed scenario.