Co-education?

[Levanaye Zalmaye]

Coed is the foundation for mordagowey. Even in Pakistan the main cause for this booming premarital sex in a predominant Muslim republic is co ed.

I must've been real unlucky then...

Years in coeducational institutions: 19
Gotten laid: 0 times

[tor_khan]

You've got to understand that before we simply jump on a fully co-ed bandwagon because it is somehow "modern" or in keeping with changing social trends and take the somewhat inaccurate argument that boys and girls need to be in classrooms so that they can "understand" each other, let's consider what the priority is.

Is it (a) mix everyone up for political reasons (b) cater for individuals in a bias-free education system that respects the fact that gender segregation acutally yields better results for females?

I actually opt for (b) because the evidence bears out higher results for female students in schools where half the aggressive competition is absent. In short option B (in general) works better for girls.

That doesn't mean that I prescribe that as a template for all schools, but the option to school seperately should be preserved. One has to ask the question about mixed schooling and who is promoting that as an agenda (and my guess, once again, is that it will usually be males).

Consider societies where gender segregation in education is the norm and consider societies where it isn't.

Pakistan - female PM
Bangladesh - female PM
India - female PM

For their short histories, not bad. Consider the more mature educational systems of:

France - no female leadership
USA - no female leadership
Australia - no female leadership
UK - Margaret Thatcher, who was technically female, but probably a "male" robot with a woman's costume

Last word on this. If we consider Afghanistan for example, and the commendable steps forward made towards female schooling, then it would not have happened in the deeply conservative Pashtoons south if ONLY co-ed schools had been offered. The way to "liberate" women here is to offer a solution that will allow them to get a high school education and hopefully pave the way for university.

[shinwari]

So Tor Khan with your analogy, if you were in charge of the Afghan education system, would you CONSIDER promoting coed

[IamDZJ]

I am against co education because I feel as thoug when men ad women are together they can't control their hormones.

Co education is one of the biggest reasons for premarital sex, In Pakistan all this boy friend girl friend crap begins in it's schools.

how about we teach them how not to be like a bunch of animals and how two control their hormones instead? clearly keeping the to genders separate from each other does not work that well. good examples..afghanistan pakistan...why alienate each other? wouldn't it be nice if women could function in society with out the scare of being molested by some hormone driven sexually frustrated retard who is doing all he can to keep the women in his own family protected from his own type?

[tor_khan]

So Tor Khan with your analogy, if you were in charge of the Afghan education system, would you CONSIDER promoting coed

Shinwari Jaan,

At this stage, it would be unsafe for some girls.

The main thing is to work with the culture, the people and their norms and sensibilities.

As it is, I am involved with the Afghan Schools Project - I've done some promotional work for them and some editorials as well as some long distance tutoring of English.

One of the key responsibilities I am obliged to honour is protecting female identity (e.g. when I had to do a promtional editorial celebrating the graduation success of high school girls in Kandahar).

[Palwasha]

UK - Margaret Thatcher, who was technically female, but probably a "male" robot with a woman's costume

LOL!

Female leadership.....very good point Tor Khan wrora.

[Dinosaur Khan]

Coeducation suits in west. In segregated society of ours, the institutions with coeducation become breeding places for romances, love affairs and other such dramabazis. Focus on the study is greatly shaked if one is too much interested in opposite gender.