Single-sex education

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Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education or gender-specific education, is the practice of conducting education with male and female students attending separate classes, perhaps in separate buildings or schools. More commonly used is the term "all-boys and all-girls schools". The practice of single-sex schooling was common before the 20th century, particularly in secondary and higher education. Single-sex education is practiced in many parts of the world based on tradition and religion. Single-sex education is most popular in English-speaking countries (regions) such as Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, South Africa and Australia; also in Chile, Israel, South Korea and in many Muslim majority countries. In the Western world, single-sex education is primarily associated with the private sector, with the public (state) sector being overwhelmingly mixed sex; while in the Muslim world public schools and most private schools are sex-segregated. Motivations...

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