NEW YORK: Parents, please note -- co-educational schools are better as the presence of girls in the classes "calm" boys and improve their academic performance as well, a new study has revealed.
A higher percentage of girls also lowers the amount of classroom disruption and fosters a better relationship between students and their teachers, the researchers in Israel have found in their study.
"Being with more girls is good for everybody. We find that both boys and girls do better when there are more girls in the class," according to lead researcher Analia Schlosser of Tel Aviv University.
In the study, the researchers investigated girls and boys in mixed classrooms in the elementary, middle, as well as high-school grades of the Israeli school system. They found that classes with more than 55 per cent of girls resulted in better exam results and less violent outbursts overall.
Boys with more female peers in their classes showed higher enrolment rates in both advanced mathematics and science classes, but overall benefits were found in all grades for both sexes.
"It appears that this effect is due to the positive influence the girls are adding to the classroom environment," the ScienceDaily quoted Prof Schlosser as saying.
In fact, the study found that primary school classrooms with a female majority showed increased academic success for both boys and girls, along with a notable improvement in subjects like Science and Mathematics.
In the middle schools, girls were found to have better academic achievement in English, languages and Mathematics.
And in high schools, the classrooms which had the best academic achievements overall were consistently those that had a higher proportion of girls enrolled, the study found.
"Boys and girls may learn differently but it is better not to send them to sex-segregated schools," the researchers suggested.
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