Teacher-Related Indicators - DISE

Elementary Education in India : Analytical Reportpercent) and Kerala (75.62 percent), majority ofteachers in integrated Higher Secondary schoolsare female. North-Eastern states of Meghalaya(70.44 percent) and Mizoram (53.96 percent)also have high percentage of female teachers insuch schools. However, it is Chandigarh with thehighest percentage of 82.75 Higher Secondaryschools having female teachers.(28.42 percent), Bihar (18.83 percent),Chhattisgarh (25.25 percent), Jharkhand (26.14percent), Madhya Pradesh (28.73 percent),Rajasthan (25.94 percent), Uttar Pradesh(31.38 percent) and West Bengal (24.99percent), female teachers are in minority andtheir number is much lower than theircounterpart male teachers.Figure 5.4Percentage of Female Teachers : All DistrictsSo far as Primary schools are concerned,more than one out of every three teachers is afemale (39.17 percent). In states like Kerala(74.33 percent) and Tamil Nadu (75.30 percent),majority of Primary school teachers are female.Andaman and Nicobar Islands (52.16 percent),Daman and Diu (84.71 percent), Goa (81.59percent), Chandigarh (80.45 percent), Delhi(69.39 percent), Punjab (64.34 percent,Puducherry (60.45 percent), Uttarakhand(54.89 percent) and Meghalaya (51.04 percent)too have a high percentage offemale teachers in its Primaryschools. On the other hand, inthe states of Arunachal Pradesh“In Kerala and TamilNadu majority of Primaryschool teachers arefemale’’In Elementary schools, the percentage offemale teachers has been a bit higher than thesame in the Primary schools (42.96 percent). Onthe other hand, the percentage of female teachersin independent Upper Primary schools has beenonly 34.05 but a few states such as Delhi (51.67percent), Goa (67.86 percent), Gujarat (55.21percent), Karnataka (51.94 percent), Kerala (68.89percent), Puducherry (55.17 percent) and TamilNadu (64.27 percent) have more female teachersin such schools than male teachers. Punjab toohas a high percentage (49.21) offemale teachers in this schoolcategory. In Upper Primaryattached to Secondary & Higher192