Female teachers now lead India's school education workforce: Education report
3 days, 17 hours ago

Female teachers now lead India's school education workforce: Education report

India Today  

For the first time, female teachers now make up 53.3 percent of all school teachers in India, according to 2023-24 UDISE+ data. The 2021-22 All India Survey on Higher Education reported women made up only 43% of teachers, compared to 57% of men. From 2018-19 to 2023-24, the number of female teachers in private schools rose by 20%. In Kerala, 78% of government school teachers are women, while Tamil Nadu, Punjab, and Delhi also report higher female representation in teaching roles.

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Understanding the gender disparities in Indian education
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Understanding the gender disparities in Indian education

India Today  

"You teach a man, you educate him. As efforts are made to narrow the gender gap, challenges such as unequal enrolment rates, disparities in literacy levels, and barriers to higher education persist, impacting the overall development and empowerment of women in Indian society. The trend improves in higher education: as per the AISHE 2021 report, the gross enrolment ratio for …

Government schools in Kerala welcome new gender-neutral curriculum
6 months, 1 week ago

Government schools in Kerala welcome new gender-neutral curriculum

Hindustan Times  

The new revised textbooks for government and aided schools in Kerala have been welcomed by both teachers and students alike for promoting gender equality and challenging patriarchal norms in its curriculum. Government schools in Kerala welcome new gender-neutral curriculum The Class 3 Malayalam textbook, revised by the State Council of Educational Research and Training, for example, has an insightful lesson …

Despite Significant Jump in Female Literacy Rate, Participation of Women with Advanced Degrees in Workforce Low
10 months ago

Despite Significant Jump in Female Literacy Rate, Participation of Women with Advanced Degrees in Workforce Low

News 18  

The celebration of International Women’s Day marks the achievement of women’s empowerment, although, despite the significant increase in the female literacy rate, the number of working women with higher advanced degrees in the country has not gone up much. However, the National Sample Survey Office reports that only 2.9 per cent of the total employed people aged 25 years and …

Female literacy rate in India up 68% since Independence: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Female literacy rate in India up 68% since Independence: Report

Hindustan Times  

The literacy rate of women in India has increased by 68 per cent - up from 9 per cent at the time of Independence to 77 per cent at present, LiveMint reported. In India, the lowest literacy rate was recorded in Bihar at 61.8 per cent. The school dropout rate stands at 12.6 per cent while 19.8 per cent students …

No 'Madam' Or 'Sir', Only 'Teacher': Kerala Child Rights Panel Has This Direction for Schools
1 year, 11 months ago

No 'Madam' Or 'Sir', Only 'Teacher': Kerala Child Rights Panel Has This Direction for Schools

News 18  

Schoolteachers, irrespective of their gender, should be addressed as “teacher” instead of “sir” or “madam’, the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has directed. I hope that the government will accept this and bring this out as a policy.” Advocate J Sandhya, former member of the Kerala child rights commission, said it’s a welcome step from a gender …

The gender gap: How female teachers are getting left behind
2 years, 5 months ago

The gender gap: How female teachers are getting left behind

The Independent  

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A look at how more women are making a mark in the Sciences
2 years, 10 months ago

A look at how more women are making a mark in the Sciences

The Hindu  

On the specific subject of girls and their presence in the Sciences, I am compelled to believe that we must look at it from the macro, societal, economic and individual perspectives. The completion of girls’ schooling in post-independent India has been a big enabler in accelerated girls’ education through the 1980s and 1990s. If we look at girls in STEM, …

School Closures and the Hidden Costs of This Market Failure
2 years, 11 months ago

School Closures and the Hidden Costs of This Market Failure

News 18  

Schools have not opened for most parts of the last two years in India. Women’s workforce participation in urban India has fallen further, they continue to shoulder the additional online-school responsibilities, mostly juggling two children while managing the house, a cruel and unfair burden. It has been estimated by the World Bank, that India is set to lose $440 billion …

Most Teachers in Indian Higher Education Institutes Males, from General Category: AISHE
3 years, 6 months ago

Most Teachers in Indian Higher Education Institutes Males, from General Category: AISHE

News 18  

Teaching is no more a female-dominated profession in India. The state has 69.5 per cent male teachers and 30.5 per cent female teachers. Further, the report looks at female per 100 male teachers and finds out that there are 59, 77, and 72 female teachers per 100 male teachers at universities, colleges, and Stand-alone Institutions, respectively. In the SC category, …

Education gender bender: Why do we see more female teachers in Indian schools?
3 years, 7 months ago

Education gender bender: Why do we see more female teachers in Indian schools?

India Today  

It is rather evident that women are significantly over-represented in the profession of educators. Statistics and research indicate that male teachers are more prevalent in colleges and universities as the mindset is that teaching in these institutions holds greater prestige and pay packages. Male and female teachers may behave differently in the classroom, and students may respond differently to their …

The path towards a better gender ratio in higher education is clear
3 years, 10 months ago

The path towards a better gender ratio in higher education is clear

Live Mint  

At the core of education is the premise of equal opportunity and accessibility. The gender ratio at universities and institutions of higher learning has been steadily improving, and this might just be further accelerated with the restructuring of the academic pathway under India’s new National Education Policy. According to the last All India Survey of Higher Education, women held 27.3% …

Rajasthan to remove male teachers below 50 from girls’ schools
5 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan to remove male teachers below 50 from girls’ schools

Op India  

In a bizarre diktat, the Rajasthan education minister Govind Singh Dotasara has said that the government will remove male teachers below the age of 50 from all the girls’ schools in the state. According to a report, the minister said that the preference will be given to female teachers to teach girl students in all-girls schools. After severe criticisms, the …

India's female literacy has gone up but still 22 percentage points behind world average; education among young women rising
5 years, 4 months ago

India's female literacy has gone up but still 22 percentage points behind world average; education among young women rising

Firstpost  

Apart from the low female literacy, there is also a wide gender disparity in India’s performance on literacy with a difference of around 20 percentage points between male and female literacy rates. When compared with the rest of the world, the female literacy rate is considerably low in India at around 60 percent, which is 22 percentage points below the …

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