Student`s Name Name of Lecturer Name of Institution Date of Submission Single sex schools Introduction Single sex schools are also known as single-gender schools. This system comprises of a single gender whereby males and females attend separate schools. This practice was predominant before the mid 20th century especially in secondary schools and other institutions of higher learning. Different countries have different strategies on how they deal with the issue of single gender education. Some countries prefer having single gender schools in both the private and public schools while others prefer having mixed gender schools in their system. Either way, both have unique pros and cons that need to be comprehensively considered before embarking on a given system of education. In the Middle East for instance, it is mandatory for schools to be single-sex schools whereby each school accepts boys or girls exclusively. In places whereby the sharia is the law, students attend sex-segregated public schools. In the United Arabs Emirates in particular, private schools are mostly coeducational while the public schools are segregated (Iqbal, 1975). In the United States, the approach is somehow different from the approach given to the system by the Arab countries. The Supreme Court of America ruled on the constitutionality of single sex public education in 1996. In her ruling, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stated categorically that single sex schools can only be constitutional if comparable courses, services and facilities are availed to both sexes indiscriminately (Salomone, 2005). Despite the assiduous efforts put forth by various governments advocating for the single sex schools, this concept has resulted into discrimination and in some cases have led to the neglect of the opposite sex. There are very many disadvantages of this type of educational system. This research paper is going to consider both the pros and the cons of the single-schools system and then dr...