What are the pros of single-sex education?

Most of the advantages of single-sex education are for girls. There may be less risk of sexual assaults on female students from male students. Girls are more likely to speak up and participate when there are less boys around.

There is the perception that boys are natural leaders and girls are more likely to be followers. Thus it is assumed that in that type of environment, the girls are content to let the boys do most of the participation. The jury is out on whether that is actually true, but that is one of the theories used in support of single-sex education.

In single-sex schools and classes, the students are more sheltered from topics that are of little interest to them, and students learn very little when they are absolutely bored. Many girls (and a few boys) are not into sports, and classroom content centering around sports may be lost on them.