Appraising Emotional Problems in Co-education Setup- A Step towards Institutional Development

Co-education is the education of both genders in the same class in an institution. This has been given several interpretations, the most extreme of which is that girls and boys shell be thought the same things at the same time in the same place by the same faculty with the same methods and under the same regime (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1986, vol.5, p. 961). It was first introduce in Switzerland. Now it has become popular almost in the whole of Europe and the whole of America. The Eastern countries are also adopting this system gradually. There are much co educational institutions, particularly the universities in Pakistan. In our country, opinions sharply differ on the issue of co-education at universities. The supporters of co-education favor it mainly on two grounds, one economical and the other sociological. In the first place they favor that Pakistan is under developing country, it is not possible to arrange separate classes in universities. In the second place the social context beten the members are useful in many respects. The supports say that if boys and girls are educated together, they will develop in them a sort of mutual understanding which helps them in their future life.