CO-EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN MERITS AND DEMERITS

OUTLINE:

1-Introduction

2- Brief history

3- Coeducation in Pakistan

• Present scenario
• 2 schools of thought
• Coeducational conundrum
• Our vulnerable youth
• Venom of pornography & unethical movies in our society

4- Co-education in Islam

5- Halsted’s outline of Muslim arguments against mixed-sex schooling:

• Sex segregation is not unnatural
• Promotion of mutual understanding between both sexes with limits of Islam is the responsibility of parents not schools
• Inhibits girls social & academic educational achievements.
• Significance lies in teacher-student relationship.
• Identical treatment of both sexes is not necessary for the principle of equality

6- Demerits

• Low concentration & woolgathering
• Sex trading for a favour (proof: case study)
• Promotes immodesty & seedy relationships
• Not suitable for subjects like Biology, sex education, gender studies.
• Impedes girl’s extracurricular activities like sports, music, etc.
• Presence of sex difference in brains (recent research)

7- Girls get less attention; acquire less confidence (NEA REPORT)

8- Boys get less help, proves less cooperative (NEA: REPORT)

9- Encourages stereotypical roles of both sexes

7- Merits

• Promotes cooperation, toleration, & mutual understanding between both sexes
• Controlled environment
• Encourages balanced personality development & future survival
• Gives rise to educated society with the openness of mind & heart

8- Present requirement of Pakistan: coeducation as the need of the hour

9- Recommendations:

1. From the Islamic viewpoint
2. Government
3. University-level youth
4. Media & parents

10- Conclusion

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