What is co-education?
Q: What is co-education?
A: Co-education is the education of males and females in the same schools.
Q: When did most primary schools become co-educational?
A: Most primary schools have been co-educational for a long time since it was believed that there is no reason to educate females separately from males before the age of puberty.
Q: What does the curriculum in primary school usually include?
A: The curriculum in primary schools usually emphasizes reading, writing, and arithmetic, with some elementary knowledge of geography and history. In some countries, it includes some religious and cultural education.
Q: How were girls educated before the mid-19th century?
A: Before the mid-19th century, girls were often educated at home or not educated at all. On that point, there were great differences in different parts of the world.
Q: When was universal primary education set up in England and Wales?
A: Universal primary education was set up by the Elementary Education Act of 1870 in England and Wales, and attendance from the ages of 5 to 10 was compulsory. That was extended in another Act of 1880.
Q: Are there any exceptions to countries moving to co-education as standard at every level of education?
A: An exception would be Islamic countries where girls are educated separately from boys or even not educated at all.
Q: What is thought to be the oldest surviving mixed sex school in the world?
A: The world's oldest co-educational school may be Archbishop Tenison's Church of England High School, Croydon which has admitted both boys and girls since its opening 1714. It has always been a day school only and is thought that to be the oldest surviving mixed sex school in the world
