The title to your post is written in the passive voice.

When I saw the passive voice I was triggered ...

When I saw the passive voice I immediately asked: "Who is going to to this dividing?"

I suspect that the title turns people off because they imagine the the administration will do the dividing.

IMHO a better approach to discussing life choices is to start with the students. The students are the customers.

In a true free market education system, the students would gravitate to the subjects that interest them the most.

Unfortunately, the sports team analogy doesn't work core education.

In competitive team sports, the coaches are selecting the students.

Lets return to the market analogy. In most education, the student is the customer and the courses are the product that the students chose.

In competitive team sports. The coach is the customer and the students are the product.

This brings us back to active vs passive voice. One needs to identify who the primary actor is. Schools should organize things so that the student is the primary actor in most situations.