India Education

With its plurality and paradoxes, India never ceases to fascinate. And education in India is only one among various other
elements that have captured the attention of the world. While the United Nations is worried about the presence of a large
number of illiterates, various other countries are amazed by the quality of some of the human resources that the Indian education system
has produced.

The growth of the Indian economy in the recent past and the compulsion to sustain it is also forcing the Indian government to accelerate
the process of developing all the branches of the Indian education system. Therefore, it would be very interesting to understand and
analyze the various structures of education in India, its present condition and future developments.

India Education Historical Background:

The Vedas, Puranas, Ayurveda,Yoga, Kautilya's Arthasahtra are only some of the milestones that the traditional Indian knowledge system
boasts of. There are evidences of imparting formal education in ancient India under the Gurukul system.

Under the Gurukul system, young boys who were passing through the Brahmacharya stage of life had to stay at the Guru or the teacher's
home and complete their education.
Although the ancient system of education has produced many geniuses and still a major area of research, it was hardly egalitarian. Women
and people of lower castes gradually lost their right to educate themselves. The spread of Jainism, Buddhism, Bhakti and Sufi movements
did have some liberating effects on the condition of the women, sudras and atisudras. But it is the English language and the reformation
movements of the 19th century that had the most liberating effect in pre-independent India. Thus, the Britishers, although rightly
criticized for devastating the Indian economy, can also be credited for bringing a revolution in the Indian education system.

India Education Present Condition:

Soon after gaining independence in 1947, making education available to all had become a priority for the government. As discrimination on
the basis of caste and gender has been a major impediment in the healthy development of the Indian society, they have been made
unlawful by the Indian constitution.

The 86th constitutional amendment has also made elementary education a fundamental right for the children between the age group- 6 to
14. According to the 2001 census, the total literacy rate in India is 65.38%. The female literacy rate is only 54.16%. The gap between rural
and urban literacy rate is also very significant in India. This is evident from the fact that only 59.4% of rural population are literate as
against 80. 3% urban population according to the 2001 census.
In order to develop the higher education system, the government had established the University Grants Commission in 1953. The primary
role of UGC has been to regulate the standard and spread of higher education in India. There has been a marked progress in the expansion
of higher education if we look at the increase of higher educational institutes in India. The higher education system in India comprise of
more than17000 colleges, 20 central universities, 217 State Universities, 106 Deemed to Universities and 13 institutes of Natioanl
importance. This number will soon inflate as the setting up of 30 more central universities, 8 new IITs, 7 IIMs and 5 new Indian Institutes of
Science are now proposed.

Education System in India:

The present education system in India mainly comprises of primary education, secondary education, senior secondary education and higher
education. Elementary education consists of eight years of education. Each of secondary and senior secondary education consists of two
years of education. Higher education in India starts after passing the higher secondary education or the 12th standard. Depending on the
stream, doing graduation in India can take three to five years. Post graduate courses are generally of two to three years of duration. After
completing post graduation, scope for doing research in various educational institutes also remains open.

Prominent Educational Institutes in India:

There are quite a good number of educational institutes in India that can compete with the best educational institutes of the world. The
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Indian Institutes of Science, National Law Schools, Jawaharlal
Nehru University are some such institutes.

Education for the Marginalized in India:

As education is the means for bringing socio- economic transformation in a society, various measures are being taken to enhance the access
of education to the marginalized sections of the society. One such measure is the introduction of the reservation system in the institutes of
higher education. Under the present law, 7.5% seats in the higher educational institutes are reserved for the scheduled tribes, 15% for
scheduled castes and 27% for the non creamy layers of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Under the Indian constitution, various minority
groups can also set up their own educational institutes. Efforts are also being taken to improve the access to higher education among the
women of India by setting up various educational institutes exclusively for them or reserving seats in the already existing institutes. The
growing acceptance of distance learning courses and expansion of the open university system is also contributing a lot in the
democratization of higher education in India.

Conclusion:
Despite all the efforts to develop the education system in India, access, equity and quality of education in India continue to haunt the
policy makers till this date. This has mainly been due to the widespread poverty and various prejudices. The inability to check the drop out
rates among the marginalized sections of the population is another cause of worry. However, the renewed emphasis in the education
sector in the 11th five year plan and increased expenditure in both primary and higher education can act as palliatives for the Indian
education system.

The Present System & Higher Education in India

by TA Ramesh

present system of higher education does not serve the purpose for which it has been started. In general education
itself has become so profitable a business that quality is lost in the increase of quantity of professional institutions
with quota system and politicization adding fuel to the fire of spoil system, thereby increasing unemployment of
graduates without quick relief to mitigate their sufferings in the job market of the country. So, the drawbacks of the
higher education system underscore the need for reforms to make it worthwhile and beneficial to all concerned.

Competition
Next to China, India is the most populated country in the world. Naturally there is too much rush and competition in
every field. So, rush to technical and higher education has increased as scope for arts and science has become
lesser and lesser due to lack of reforms and up gradation in the course structure and materials according to the
developments of the world. Also, qualification in higher education gives added advantage to face successfully
competition in the job market.

Purpose of Education
All round development of personality is the purpose of education. But the present day education is neither imparting
true knowledge of life, world and helping one stand on one�s own leg nor improving the talent of a student by
which one can achieve laurels in the field one is interested. So, combination of arts subjects and computer science
and science and humanities or literature should be introduced so that such courses could be useful for the students
to do jobs after recruitment in some companies which would reduce unnecessary rush to higher education.

Right Course of Action

In India around 240 Universities controlling somewhere 5000
colleges of various courses churning out millions of graduates seeking jobs in vain due to lack of employability,
communication skill and entrepreneurship quality. In Tamil Nadu State of India alone (from 2000 to 2006) more than
600, 000 students are hunting for jobs without hope due to political rivalries and lack of investments in job generating
manufacturing units and companies. This is one side of the picture.

On the other side, all want to become Engineers or Doctors or Computer specialists in IT or Software, which is
beyond the reach of many and also, all cannot shine in such a line if not suited later on. So, to overcome
disappointments in the working life clear appraisal of one�s Self is necessary before pursuing a course of action.

1. For that not specialization but general education covering all subjects (arts, science, literature, technology,
agriculture and defense studies) is very essential.
2. After education, tour to all the places in India and world as far as possible with the cooperation of
government is necessary so that one can understand about people, culture, arts, literature, religions,
technological developments and progress of human society in the world.
3. Basing this knowledge one should have a vision of one�s future life and work in the world and decide
about the future course of action, i.e. whether to go for higher education or do job suitable to one.
 4. Finally, based on knowledge only vision of the future life and work can be had; based on this vision only a
broad ambition can be fixed for oneself; and based on this ambition only one can lead interesting life doing
satisfying job to do remarkable achievements in some field in the world.

Individuality
Otherwise, the life of one will not be interesting but rather boring, monotonous and frustrating. This is mainly due to
parental interference in the education of the children. Parental guidance is necessary but it should not interfere in the
creativity or individuality of the students. Also, in spite of the obsolete type of education system, some are achieving
wonderful things in Sports, Music, Dance, Painting, Science and Technology in the world! This is only due to the
encouragement of the parents and some dedicated teachers in the educational institutions.

Higher Education
Higher education is necessary for one to achieve excellence in the line one is best. But one should be selected for
higher education on the basis of merit only. Further, fees for education in general should not be high; especially, the
fees for higher studies should be within the reach of every class of people in the nation.

Standard
In any nation education is the basic necessity for the socio-economic development of the individuals and the society.
In reality only 20% of the population is educated in India. Also, only 25% of the Universities are having world class
education. So, improved standard of education as first priority should be offered to the majority by the govt.
authorities with sincere political will. Also, privatization of higher education is absolutely necessary in a vast country
like India as government alone is helpless to do so.

Quality
That is the way people�s quality of life can be improved and also, the nation can economically compete with the
developed nations of the world. So, private educational institutions can give higher education to all irrespective of
economic status of the students. As far as quality of education is concerned it should be under the control of a
central institute such as All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the respective Universities
concerned.

World Class Education

Indian government is not giving priority to the development of Standard in education. India should aspire for the
international standard in education. To achieve that goal it should adopt uniform international syllabus in its
educational institutions.

Many national universities like in the USA, UK, Australia, etc. allow studies in higher education for foreign students in
their countries and through correspondence courses as well. In the same way India Universities of world class
education can also offer courses of studies to foreign students taking advantage of the globalization process.

Personality Development
Finally, education should be for the flowering of personality but not for the suppression of creativity or natural skill. In
the globalized world opportunities for the educated people are naturally ample in scope. As a result business
process outsourcing (BPO) activities have increased competition in the world trade leading towards the production of
quality goods and their easy availability everywhere in the world market. That is the way the world can be developed
for peace, prosperity and progress by able and skilful men.

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What are the advantages of the education system followed in india?

India has the best system of education as compared with the rest of the world. This is why the educated elite all
around the world are Indians. Though the system is slowly being changed with apparently a shift to the western
system, computers and hypothetical considerations that education should be child focused primarily to enable the
child to develop the thinking ability. I think this a strange shift. In my time we were taught by rote. Even to this date I
know and remember all sonnets of Shakespeare I had learnt at school, all algebra and differential equations, the
capitals of all countries in the world. We were made to mug up everything which has till today held me in good stead.
I say the advantages in Indian education is that we have to mug up our lessons by heart. So we have at our fingertips
the complete dictionary of knowledge at the outset. Using brains to remember is first which Indian education system
ensures. Only next comes using brains solve. That is why Indians shine.

Disadvantages of Existing Education system and Vision

Nowadays education has become a burden on student as well as the parents because the current education system has
lost its value and importance and is converting into a series of problems. Education system, which leads nowhere, has
disturbed the peaceful lives of parents and students. This is the time to concentrate seriously on the following
problems as well as the solution –

Education Institutions :- Today, in India, 95% Education Institutions are not following the rules framed by the
education department. The school’s size, seating arrangements, polluted surroundings, less light, dirty drinking water,
absence of playground and other activities are causing the students to have started hating their schools.

Timings :- The timings of an Education Institution are very important. Today, whether the medium is Hindi or
English, the timings are Morning 7 : 00 AM to 1:30 PM which is totally wrong. The students studying in these
morning schools have to get up at 6 o’clock in the morning to reach the school at 7 o’clock. In the modern lifestyle,
students tend to sleep at night at about 11 o’clock which shows that the student is getting a sleep of only 7 hours in
the age when medical science recommends a sleep of 10 hours for them. In such a case, it is not surprising that the
student is coming out to be a diseased person with diseases such as partial blindness, heart diseases etc. which come
out because of lack of sleep. Many children, after coming from school, start sleeping because the body has to
complete its sleep, secondly, after coming to home from 1 o’clock, they don’t have any other option left. In most
cases, nobody is at home this time because the parents have gone to work and in such cases, servants and relatives
take disadvantage of the situation. If the child runs into a habit of sleeping at day in the first 15 – 16 years of his life,
we can understand that how much hardworking will he be in the coming years of his life. He will not be able to work
physically and mentally in the working hours of his office. If he is educated in the period of 10 to 5 in the day, then
his sleep and health will be good and they will tend to do more work in this period efficiently. This is the cause of the
modern generation’s failure. In a country where Governmental and Non-governmental offices have a working time of
10 to 5, how could the education hours of such a country be 7 to 1 ?

Less Education More Homework: – The system of teaching with interest and making understood the subject is slowly
finishing in the Present School Education system. Teachers are only teaching as a formality and are over burdening
the child with homework, completing which is a new duty for the students as well as the parents. Firstly, it is over
burdening on the child and secondly, it is destroying the family environment. Parents cannot go into Public functions
because the homework is not completed. The students are not able to enjoy their childhood because the homework is
not completed. Teachers have left the job of teaching the students to the parents whilst a teacher’s duty is described as
the following in the religious books –
Leaving of the duty of teaching on the parents or the student is the sign of subordination of the teacher, principal and
the Education Institution.
This homework named system has destroyed the peaceful environment of numerous families, numerous lives are
affected by this disease, numerous have got divorces and many more are experiencing a pressure full life for the sake
of this homework. Indian government needs to have a survey on national basis for this regard so that it may be clear
that the existence of homework is in favor of the country or not. Homework is destroying the childhood of children,
they are not allowed to play, have pleasure, see TV or meet with their friends because the homework is not yet done.
Our life’s best memory is the pleasant time we have spent with our parents but can the coming generation say this ?
The relationship between parents and children is being developed in an environment of bitterness. These children,
when grown up, show their anger and the parents say that the current generation does not respect the parents. We put
emphasis on the thought that when did we let them live ? Our feelings may be right but the way of execution is
definitely wrong. Nor the children, nor the parents are the culprits in this, the real culprit is the education system
which we have been blindly following without thinking that in which way we are going, we are going in the opposite
direction of our goal with a feeling of reaching as fast as we can there. Truly, we are increasing our distance from the
goal with every next step we take, wrong direction has forced us to suffer. We have to minutely examine the
children’s feelings, interests and their problems, unfortunately many parents believe that the children have no
problems, this is wrong. The children have their own problems, which are up to their mark. I still think of the moment
when my parents used to say that a child’s life is the best, they do not have any tension or any problem. I used to
mourn over their thinking that why don’t they understand our problems ? Our main problems used to be somewhat
like this that we have bat, but not the ball or else the match could have been played. The kite is there but not the
string. The hockey is present but the ball absent, the football is in front of us but without air and there is everything
but father is at home today. How good it could have been if parents understood our small problems and helped to
solve them and then have expected something from us, we could have fulfilled it in a way that our parents would
have been thoroughly satisfied with us and a childhood based on a healthy relationship would have been progressed
on a pleasure giving future.

Education System: – The Present Education system has reached a mark where it is regarded as sulky and boring and
it is limited to mumble up the answers and to write the them in the examination. If, after the examination, the answers
are asked from the examinee, he does not know them. He forgets everything mumbled up. Percentage and division
comes but knowledge does not, this is the cause why the students are being educated but only in papers, in reality
they do not have any knowledge of the subject. Entry examinations occur in every service which are based on
objective pattern, this is where all the mumbled knowledge gives up because objective answers cannot be mumbled
up. How can the education be of mumbling up in a country where the selection examinations are of objective
pattern ? This is the same thing that we give training of football and play the match of cricket, results are expected. It
is not necessary but essential to provide future base education to the children to survive in Neck to neck competitive
life.

Convent Culture : – People are having a craze of convent culture nowadays without knowing the meaning of convent.
They are blindly following the convent culture. How it came into society is an interesting story. Near about 600 years
ago, Europeans were badly suffering for food and were unable to afford their children so they left them in the church
and rang the bell. Then the priest took them and looked after them in church. After sometime there were a large
number of orphans assembled in the church, so the church authority decided to provide them school for education so
those schools were called Convent Schools. Still they are working under churches all over world. But people feel
proud to admit their child in a convent school. Even few people started the school in the memory of their parents with
the name of convent. So, the convent is an institution for the orphans, not for respectable families.

Education of Social Values: – Education system today lacks Social Values, even the national priorities are ignored by
the schools. Today, the biggest constitutional duty of the people is to strengthen India’s unity. The country’s
education should be based on a feeling of respect for every religion but the schools are dividing the people into sects
and educating them. Christian schools are giving Catholic education, Muslim Schools are based on strong Islam and
Hindu Schools are following the policy of ‘Hindutva’. If the main education is only divided into sects, how will the
feeling of nationality develop in a student ? This is the same thing that we had sown the seed of thorns and expects
flowers and fruits to come. We have to include National Priorities in our Education System, that would be when the
education system will be able to produce secular citizens and theses secular citizens will strengthen the country’s
religious unity.

Women's Education in India

History of Women's Education in India: Although in the Vedic period women had access to education in India, they had gradually lost this
right. However, in the British period there was revival of interest in women's education in India. During this period, various socio religious
movements led by eminent persons like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar emphasized on women's education in India.
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Periyar and Baba Saheb Ambedkar were leaders of the lower castes in India who took various initiatives to make
education available to the women of India. However women's education got a fillip after the country got independence in 1947 and the
government has taken various measures to provide education to all Indian women. As a result women's literacy rate has grown over the
three decades and the growth of female literacy has in fact been higher than that of male literacy rate. While in 1971 only 22% of Indian
women were literate, by the end of 2001 54.16% female were literate. The growth of female literacy rate is 14.87% as compared to 11.72 %
of that of male literacy rate.

Importance of Women's Education in India: Women's education in India plays a very important role in the overall development of the
country. It not only helps in the development of half of the human resources, but in improving the quality of life at home and outside.
Educated women not only tend to promote education of their girl children, but also can provide better guidance to all their children.
Moreover educated women can also help in the reduction of infant mortality rate and growth of the population.

Obstacles: Gender discrimination still persists in India and lot more needs to be done in the field of women's education in India. The gap in
the male-female literacy rate is just a simple indicator. While the male literary rate is more than 75% according to the 2001 census, the
female literacy rate is just 54.16%.

Prevailing prejudices, low enrollment of girl child in the schools, engagements of girl children in domestic works and high drop out rate are
major obstacles in the path of making all Indian women educated.

Higher Education in India is one of the most developed in the entire world. There has in fact been considerable improvement in the higher
education scenario of India in both quantitative and qualitative terms. In technical education, the IITs, and in management, the IIMs have
already marked their names among the top higher educational institutes of the world. Moreover the Jawaharlal University and Delhi
University are also regarded as good higher educational institutes for doing postgraduates courses and research in science, humanities and
social sciences. As a result, students from various parts of the world are coming today for higher education in India.

Higher Education system in India: Higher education in India starts after the higher Secondary or 12th standard. While it takes 3 years for
completing a B.A., B.Sc or B.Com pass or honors degree from a college in India, pursuing an engineering course would take four years and
five years (with six months of additional compulsory internship) for completing a bachelor of medicine or bachelor of law degree.
Postgraduate courses generally are of two years duration. But there are some courses like Master of Computer Application (MCA) that are
of three years duration. For those who cannot afford to attend regular classes for various preoccupations can pursue correspondence
courses from various Open Universities and distance learning institutes in India.

Higher Education Institutes in India: Universities and its constituent colleges are the main institutes of higher education in India. There
are at present 227 government-recognized Universities in India. Out of them 20 are central universities, 109 are deemed universities and 11
are Open Universities and rest are state universities. Most of these universities in India have affiliating colleges where undergraduate
courses are being taught. However Jawaharlal University is a remarkable exception to this rule. Apart from these higher education
institutes there are several private institutes in India that offer various professional courses in India. According to the Department of higher
Education, government of India, there are 16,885 colleges, 99.54 lakh students and 4.57 lakh teachers in various higher education
institutes in India.

Literacy in India
Literacy rates (by district) in India

Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress,[1] and the Indian literacy rate grew to 66% in 2007 from 12% at
the end of British rule in 1947.[2][3] Although this was a greater than fivefold improvement, the level is well below the
world average literacy rate of 84%,[4] and India currently has the largest illiterate population of any nation on earth.[5]
Despite government programs, India's literacy rate increased only "sluggishly,"[6] and a 1990 study estimated that it
would take until 2060 for India to achieve universal literacy at then-current rate of progress.[7] The 2001 census,
however, indicated a 1991-2001 decadal literacy growth of 12.63%, which is the fastest-ever on record.[8]

There is a wide gender disparity in the literacy rate in India: adult (15+ years) literacy rates in 2009 were 76.9% for
men and 54.5% for women.[9] The low female literacy rate has had a dramatically negative impact on family planning
and population stabilization efforts in India. Studies have indicated that female literacy is a strong predictor of the use
of contraception among married Indian couples, even when women do not otherwise have economic independence.[10]
The 2001 census provided a positive indication that growth in female literacy rates (14.38%) was substantially faster
than in male literacy rates (11.13%) in the 1991-2001 decadal period, which means the gender gap appears to be
narrowing.[8]

Country Adult Literacy Rate Youth Literacy Rate

China 93.3% (2007) [14] 98.9% (2004)[15]
Sri Lanka 90.8 (2007) 98.0
Burma 89.9% (2007) [16] 94.4% (2004)[17]
Iran 82.4% (2007) [18] 95% (2002)[19]
World Average 84% (1998)[4] 88% (2001)[20]
India 66.0% (2007)[3] 82% (2001)[3]
Nepal 56.5 (2007) 62.7
Pakistan 54.2 (2007)[21] 53.9
Bangladesh 53.5 (2007) 49.7

Female Literacy in India

According to last census held in 2001, the percentage of female literacy in the country is 54.16%.
The literacy rate in the country has increased from 18.33% in 1951 to 65.38% as per 2001 census. The female literacy rate has also
increased from 8.86% in 1951 to 54.16%. It is noticed that the female literacy rate during the period 1991-2001 increased by
14.87% whereas male literacy rate rose by 11.72%. Hence the female literacy rate actually increased by 3.15% more compared to
male literacy rate.

Percentage of
No. Name of the State
Female Literacy
1. Andhra Pradesh 51.17
2. Arunachal Pradesh 44.24
3. Assam 56.03
4. Bihar 33.57
5. Chattisgarh 52.40
6. Delhi 75.00
7. Goa 75.51
8. Gujarat 58.60
9. Haryana 56.31
10. Himachal Pradesh 68.08
11. Jammu & Kashmir 41.82
12. Jharkhand 39.38
13. Karnataka 57.45
14. Kerala 87.86
15. Madhya Pradesh 50.28
16. Maharashtra 67.51
17. Manipur 59.70
18. Meghlaya 60.41
19. Mizoram 86.13
20. Nagaland 61.92
21. Orissa 50.97
22. Punjab 63.55
23. Rajasthan 44.34
24. Sikkim 61.46
25. Tamil Nadu 64.55
26. Tripura 65.41
27. Uttaranchal 60.26
28. Uttar Pradesh 42.98
29. West Bengal 60.22
Union Territories
1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 75.29
2. Chandigarh 76.65
3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 42.99
4. Daman & Diu 70.37
5. Lakshadweep
 What is co-Education

Co-Education means the teaching of both boys and girls in the same school and under the same roof. It also means
imparting the same education to both the sexes without any distinction. This system of education aims at bringing boys
and girls together. It allows free mixing of sexes without any inhibition.

The great Greek philosopher, Plato had propagated the system of co-education in the ancient times. He believed that
co-education will create a feeling of comradeship between boys and girls. Plato was a great supporter of the education
of women. Therefore, he wanted them to be educated with men in the same institutions. He felt that if men and
women are taught together, it will develop their personality to the maximum. They will not feel any shyness from each
other. He advocated that it was the only method in which both could become useful members of the society.

Plato in reality was much influenced by the co-educational system of Sparta, a city of Greece. There the boys and girls
were given both the academic and physical education together. The girls and boys studied and played together. They
were both taught the art of fighting, horse riding, archery etc. Thus the women of Sparta were not in any inferior to
men.

In ancient India also, there was no segregation between boys and girls in the Aryan society. In the modern times, co-
educational system is prevalent in Europe and USA. In India also, now-a-days more and more co-educational schools and
colleges are being established.

Advantages of Co-Education

There are many advantages and hardly any disadvantages in the co-educational system of education. The first advantage is

that if boys and girls are taught together, there will not be any need for opening separate schools for boys and girls. Co-

education is an economical system, because both boys and girls can study in same schools and they can be taught by the

same staff.

Secondly, boys and girls have to live together in the society in their later lives and if they are taught together from the very

beginning, they can understand each other well. The girls will not feel shy in the presence of boys. The boys will also not

tease the girls.

Again if they are taught together, it will create a sense of healthy competition among them. In this manner, they will work

hard and pay serious attention to their studies. A feeling of comradeship will also develop between the boys and girls. The

boys will not indulge in in eve-teasing and the girls will bot be afraid of boys. Thus they will have a balanced development of

their personality.
It is also a common experience that the boys behave decently in the company of girls. They do not use rough and abusive

language in the presence of girls. They also dress properly and talk mannerly. Similarly, the girls will also lose their fear of

the boys if they are taught with them. On the other hand if boys and girls are taught in separate schools, boys misbehave

with the girls. they boys always have a curiosity to know about them. But when they study together, their curiosity is

satisfied and they do not consider girls as strange creatures.

Thus if co-education is introduced, there will be no problem of discipline among the students. In the western countries,

there is no separation between boys and girls in the schools.

Dis-advantages of Co-Education

Of course certain conservative people criticize the system of co-education. According to them, this system is against our
tradition. They also fear that co-education will develop immoral relationships between boys and girls. They believe that in
this system both the boys and girls will be spoilt. But these arguments do not hold much water.

The fact is that there are so many advantages of co-education when boys and girls have to live later on as husband and
wife, there is no need of separating them in schools. Rather it will give them the opportunity to come close to each other
and understand each other fully. We should not believe in the morality of the medieval ages. The world is changing fast
today and women are being given an equal status with men in the society. Let us, therefore accept the changing order and
open more and more co-educational institutions in future and say good bye to separate institutions