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Time to rethink single-sex schools in India?
Gender-based segregation can’t curb hormones, only stunts wholesome development, say experts
Vineetha Saikumar went to Balalok Matriculation, a co-ed school in Chennai which practiced strict segregation between boys and girls. Now at 21 years of age, she recounts how awkward she felt around boys because of the restrictive environment.
“I thought that if someone saw me talking to a boy, they would think I am an undisciplined child. I was so awkward around them.”
Not only was she afraid of being looked down upon for talking to a boy, she was not even sure if she could have male friends. “I was scared to bring home boys who were my friends from outside school,” she says, “But then I spoke to my parents about it and they said it was alright to have boys as friends.”
It was only after reassurance from her parents, Vineetha says, that she was able to interact with the opposite sex without guilt.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/time-rethink-single-sex-schools-india-43915
Gender-based segregation can’t curb hormones, only stunts wholesome development, say experts
Vineetha Saikumar went to Balalok Matriculation, a co-ed school in Chennai which practiced strict segregation between boys and girls. Now at 21 years of age, she recounts how awkward she felt around boys because of the restrictive environment.
“I thought that if someone saw me talking to a boy, they would think I am an undisciplined child. I was so awkward around them.”
Not only was she afraid of being looked down upon for talking to a boy, she was not even sure if she could have male friends. “I was scared to bring home boys who were my friends from outside school,” she says, “But then I spoke to my parents about it and they said it was alright to have boys as friends.”
It was only after reassurance from her parents, Vineetha says, that she was able to interact with the opposite sex without guilt.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/time-rethink-single-sex-schools-india-43915
