Every parent has their educational preference for their girl child and sometimes, choosing which one suits your daughter can be a tough decision to make. Some parents feel mixed schools cause distractions, and some feel that a “girls only” school environment will help bring out the best of their daughter. Others believe female students who attend a mixed school tend to put a lot of energy into cross-gender relationships rather than their studies.

There have been different opinions, debates, and myths that exist about girls-only schools in Nigeria, and we will talk about 5 reasons why you should consider enrolling your daughter in a girls-only school like Noble Hall Academy Leadership Academy for Girls.

1. It is believed that girls learn better even with a rigorous daily schedule, gain more confidence, and graduate more equipped to face the challenges of life in a single-sex environment. Students feel they can participate more openly and freely during class discussions, ask questions, and not feel embarrassed about their contributions. The environment of girls-only schools have a common culture, collaboration, encouragement, and set of values that are shared by students and teachers. The environment is calmer, quieter, and makes it easier for them to think. It is also more collaborative because students do a lot of process-oriented work, create strong mentoring relationships and class sizes are kept to a manageable level. 
2. The school environment gives the girl child the opportunity to become an advocate for herself, she develops academically and socially, without feeling judged by boys.  Girls only schools can be relaxing for girls as they don’t have social pressures to worry about like impressing the opposite gender and can also free female students from gender stereotypes. 
3. Female students tend to form meaningful relationships with their peers, and they get along well and are nicer to each other with less bullying and less fighting. Also, friendship achieved in girls-only schools grow stronger over the years, than relationships from mixed schools that can get defused later in life. 
4. Students of girls-only schools are prone to excelling athletically and have opportunities for leadership roles. They are pushed to think of themselves in all possible roles because they have the opportunity to form their identity and find their own leadership style. The environment gives room for the girl child to have expanded definitions of what it means to be a girl, and what she wants out of life. She can build leadership in different fields, and participate in them too. 
5. It is also believed that unlike mixed schools, teachers in girls-only schools are more intentional on how they teach. They teach on topics that encourage leadership and help bring out the strong heroine of the female gender, that also helps female students understand how their lives can be affected by prevailing attitudes, and how they can prevail in them. Teachers in girls-only schools also help in eliminating gender stereotypes, by carefully eliminating certain assumptions during gender-specific lessons. This practice helps in making teaching more productive and meaningful.

Regardless of these benefits from girls-only schools, it’s also very important to study your girl child and their needs to know which type of school environment they excel better in.