Teacher Related Indicators & EDI - DISE

Teacher-Related Indicators
Part IV
and West Bengal (42 percent), have had a very low
percentage of female teachers in this category. On the
other hand, in Delhi (64 percent), Karnataka (59 percent),
Puducherry (48 percent) and Kerala (68 percent), the
majority of teachers in integrated Higher Secondary
schools are female. The North-Eastern states of
Meghalaya (60 percent) and Mizoram (59 percent) also
have high percentage of female teachers in such schools.
However, it is Chandigarh that has the highest percentage
of female teachers (75) in Higher Secondary schools.
Table D4
Distribution of Female Teachers by School Category and Management: 2004-05 to 2007-08
School
Category
Percentage
All Government Managements
All Private Managements
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Primary Only 34.31 35.58 37.30 38.79 58.65 57.03 57.74 57.99
Primary with 39.42 39.38 40.56 41.24 52.99 51.64 52.65 53.32
Upper Primary
Primary with Upper 46.39 45.97 44.53 47.91 64.94 59.72 58.84 59.47
Primary & Secondary/
Hr. Secondary
Upper Primary Only 24.76 28.73 32.00 31.27 29.83 45.95 49.90 43.78
Upper Primary with 36.70 34.26 34.65 36.60 39.10 37.99 37.94 39.65
Secondary & Higher
Secondary
All Schools 34.56 35.77 37.39 38.62 47.97 47.72 49.69 50.29
In Elementary (Primary with Upper Primary)
schools, the percentage of female teachers (45.12) has
been a bit higher than the same in the Primary schools
(42.30 percent). On the other hand, the percentage of
female teachers in independent
Upper Primary schools has been
only 35.36. A few states, such
as the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands (72.73 percent),
Chandigarh (92.86 percent),
Delhi (52.35 percent), Goa
(60.17 percent), Gujarat (56.18
percent), Karnataka (52.70
percent), Kerala (70.59 percent),
Jharkhand (69.29 percent) and
Tamil Nadu (71.16 percent), have more female teachers
in such schools than male teachers. Punjab too has a
high percentage (49.65 percent) of female teachers in
“A few states, such as the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa,
Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala,
Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu
have more female teachers
in Primary schools than
male teachers”
this school category. In Upper Primary attached to
Secondary and Higher Secondary schools, the
percentage of female teachers has been about 37.91
(Rural, 30.96 percent and Urban, 53.58 percent).
Gujarat (65 percent), Karnataka (50 percent), Kerala (70
percent), Chandigarh (84 percent) and the Andaman
and Nicobar Islands (56 percent) have a very high
percentage of female teachers in this category of schools.
So far as Primary schools are concerned, more than one
out of every three teachers is female (42.30 percent).
However, in the states of Arunachal Pradesh (37.32
percent), Bihar (38.78 percent against 28.41 percent in
2006-07), Chhattisgarh (31.05 percent), Jharkhand
(26.99 percent), Madhya Pradesh (32.12 percent),
Rajasthan (29.29 percent), Uttar
Pradesh (39.83 percent) and
West Bengal (29.36 percent),
female teachers are in minority
and their number is much lower
than that of their male
counterparts. On the other
hand, in states like Kerala (74.37
percent) and Tamil Nadu (78.48
percent), the majority of Primary
school teachers is female. The
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (57.66 percent), Daman
and Diu (73.10 percent), Goa (83.72 percent),
Chandigarh (78.88 percent), Delhi (68.60 percent),
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