男女別学(だんじょべつがく)

だんじょべつがく
noun
single-sex education; sex-segregated schooling
1. single-sex education; sex-segregated schooling
An educational system in which boys and girls attend separate schools or classes.
あの高校(こうこう)は男女別学(だんじょべつがく)だ。
That high school has single-sex education.
男女別学(だんじょべつがく)と共学(きょうがく)のどちらがよいか議論(ぎろん)が続(つづ)いている。
The debate continues over whether single-sex or coeducation is better.
埼玉県(さいたまけん)では県立(けんりつ)高校(こうこう)の男女別学(だんじょべつがく)を維持(いじ)するかどうかが長年(ながねん)の議題(ぎだい)となっている。
In Saitama Prefecture, whether to maintain single-sex education at prefectural high schools has been a long-standing topic of debate.

A compound of 男女(だんじょ) (men and women), 別(べつ) (separate), and 学(がく) (study/schooling). While most Japanese public schools are coeducational, some prefectures (notably Saitama, Gunma, and Tochigi) still have single-sex public high schools, and many private schools remain single-sex.

The opposite is 男女共学(だんじょきょうがく) (coeducation), often shortened to 共学(きょうがく).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 男女別学(だんじょべつがく)の学校(がっこう): single-sex school
  • 男女別学(だんじょべつがく)を廃止(はいし)する: to abolish sex-segregated education
  • 男女別学(だんじょべつがく)から共学(きょうがく)へ: from single-sex to coeducation

RELATED TERMS:

  • 男女共学(だんじょきょうがく): coeducation
  • 共学(きょうがく): coeducation (abbreviation)
  • 女子校(じょしこう): girls' school
  • 男子校(だんしこう): boys' school
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