Parag Modi and his son Hirsh,14,who goes to Blacktown Boys High School.Credit:Wolter Peeters
Parag Modi,who made an out-of-area application for his son Hirsh,14,to attend Blacktown Boys two years ago,chose it not because it was single-sex but rather because it was simply where his friends were going,and he got into a gifted and talented program. He thinks becoming co-ed would be beneficial for students.
“It is a good thing. In the real world,boys are working with the girls,” Modi said.
His son,Hirsh,also said he does not think his classmates would mind. “We’re just there to learn and have fun. We wouldn’t care,” he said.
A 2021 Monash University study of Sydney’s public school catchment zones found a price premium of 2 per cent for homes in single-sex school zones relative to comparable homes across the border in coeducational school zones.
“The most obvious interpretation is that people do see some value in single-sex schools,” report author Daniel Mesler said.
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