According to Hammer, (996), single sex education is a form of education where the girls and boys attend different lessons or are put in different schools or buildings. In the beginning parents used to take their children to co- education schools where boys and girls were educated together. However, by the wake of the 20th century, parents started to separate their children and take them to different schools, boys were taken to all-boys schools and the girls were taken to all-girls school. This was attributed to the fact when children are taken to single sex school, they are able to mature at their own rate as they are not pressured by their peers or age mates of the opposite sex. Single sex education/ schools holds a number of advantages to the girls: first, the girls are able to take up leadership roles in single sex schools, this is so because since there are no boys in the schools, the girls are the ones to lead other girls in the school thus promoting their leadership qualities, second, when girls go to a single there are able to take up science subjects that were thought to be for boys. The girls are able to evaluate themselves and take up science subjects and even perfume better than boys (Pipher, 994). This is so because the competition is a girl to girls and thus the girls can take the science subject and mathematics and not seen as tomboys. Moreover, she becomes daring, curious and eager to learn more as no one is discriminating against her. This makes them excel well academically. Third, when parent take their girls to single sex schools, they give t
hem the opportunity of being themselves. This is, they become bold and risk takers; girls are generally shy especially when near boys and thus they avoid some tasks that may be said to be performed by boys, for instance, hanging chars in class. But when a girl is taken to an all-girls school, she is able to take this task and do them even better than boys. They also participate in field games such as hockey and soccer that could be performed by boys if they are in a co- educational school (Lamb, 200). Fourth, when girls are taken to a single sex school, they become more responsible in terms of carrying out tasks. This so because when in single sex school the girls have only girls to look out for since there are no boys in the schools; this make them more responsible and perform the task assigned to them in a more responsible manner. Fifth, when a girl child enrolls in a single sex school, she is free from all sexual harassment from the boys and negative influence of the mass media. In all girls schools the negative influences of the mass media that seem to perceive women as weak being is reduced. This is so because the single sex schools create an environment that portray the positive and stronger sides of women, moreover, the girls are encouraged by their teachers to strive more and perform better than their counterparts boys (Pipher, 994). Sixth, when a girl child enrolls in a single sex school, the chances of getting pregnant are minimized. This is so because the school is made up of only one sex and thus there can be no sexual relation between the students.