co education in pakistan

Coeducation is to educate both boys and girls together.in the modern world of today,coeducation is the new order of the day.most of the countries in the world have adopted this form of education. in Pakistan too, there are some schools where there is coeducation whereas, in many institutes there is sex-segregation. coeducation finds its origin in Sparta,Greece.at that time,there was no distinction between boys and girls.they studied and played together.they were given academic education along with physical training.Plato,the great philosopher theorized that coeducation was essential for the development of personality.he believed that coeducation was the only way to make boys and girls beneficial to the society.therefore,west has acknowledged and adopted the benefits of coeducation since long ago.
In the subcontinent, during ancient times,coeducation was present at a few places.but,gradually girls education begin to be ignored.the educational system of that time was quite different from that of today.boys were sent to gurukuls where they spent most of their educational period.they were imparted physical and academic education.the former included warfare training while,the latter comprised of study of scriptures.in medieval india, women and people belonging to lower caste were forbidden from reading the scriptures. However,raja ramohan roy,the great social reformer revolted against this practice.his succesors also played a pivotal role in revolting against the illiterate practices.
Islam has stressed upon the importance of education.infact, the first word revealed was “iqra” translated as” to read”. islam has ordained both men and women to acquire education. Holy prophet P.B.U.H said “acquire education from cradle to grave”.similarly,islam also acknowledges that an illiterate and an educated man can never be equal.During the time of Holy Prophet(P.B.U.H),mosques were the only educational institutions.there are no instances recorded where holy prophet P.B.U.H