Co-Education General:

Co-education means the education of boys & girls in the same school, college, universities. This is a modern concept & it has made a remarkable rapid progress. It was first introduced in Switzerland. But now it has become popular almost in all Europe & America. The our country sharply differ on the issue of co-education in colleges. The supporters of co-education favour it mainly on 2 grounds. One economical & the other sociological. In the first place, they say that it is an economical measure in a poor country like Pakistan. It is not possible to maintain separate colleges for boys & girls .Especially in vocational colleges, a lot of money is required to equip the libraries, laboratories, etc...

This understanding will be helpful in their future life as men & women. They believe that co-education makes boys less coarse and girl less morbid. The boys become civilized and polite & spirit of competition in studies is revived. Both try their hard to out-do each other.

The aurguments of the supporters of co-education are weighty but of those who are against are more weighty. Demerits of this system make its success in this country doubtful. The opponents of co-education argue that in a hot country like Pakistan this system is impracticable. Here boys & girls become young at early age. Youth is blind and there is every possibility that they may fall a victim to their emotions. Then everyone of us knows that ends and aims of education for the 2 sexes are quite different.

To conclude we may say that co-education is above objection in the professional colleges where the ultimate goal of all the students is the same. But in arts & science colleges where the 2 sexes are prepared for the normal routine of life. ( CO-EDUCATION IS UNNECESSARY).