Gurgaon: Nearly 54% of the teachers in Haryana colleges are women, but most of them are in junior posts. The state has a total of 41,098 teachers. A total of 22,086 of them are women and 19,012 (46.3%) are men, according to the All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) for the 2021-22 academic session.
When it comes to higher posts such as professors, however, men are predominant — of 3,738 professors in the state in 2021-22, 67.4% (2,519) are men.There are only 1,219 (32.6%) women professors.
The report of the survey, which was conducted across 1,089 colleges in the state, was released last week.
At college level, educators are categorised into various posts, including professors, associate professors, lecturers, demonstrators or tutors, temporary teachers and visiting staff that may include professors or lecturers from other institutions.
The survey, which was carried out by the Union education ministry, shows that most lecturer, demonstrator and even temporary teacher positions are occupied by women. In fact, 81.4% of demonstrators or tutors in the Haryana colleges are women, against only 313 men. Similarly, 66.3% (1,486) of 2,241 temporary teachers in these colleges are women, against 755 men.
Lecturers are those who are recruited based on a postgraduate degree, a BEd degree and the entrance exam conducted by state government or Centre. They don’t need to have a PhD in a specific subject. Of 28,763 lecturers in Haryana, 54.8% (15,770) are women.
When it comes to associate professors, the numbers are fairly even — of a total of 4,199, 51.9% (2,179) are men and 48.1% (2,020) women. The situation is similar for visiting teachers, with 53.5% (253) men and 46.5% (220) women.
In non-teaching college staff, however, there are more men employees compared to women. Colleges across Haryana have 36,114 employees, of whom 64.8% (23,390) are men and 35.2% (12,724) are women.
Experts attributed the trend to fewer education opportunities provided to women, mostly due to family responsibilities, as well as the male-dominant structure of the society.
“Compared to men, women have few opportunities to continue their education. This is the case not only in Haryana, but across India. They get married at a certain age and their need have to attain a work-life balance is greater than that for men. Even if they get an opportunity to continue their education or rise in their career, they have family responsibilities which restricts their ascent,” Anshita Yadav, assistant professor of commerce at Gurugram University (GU), who also coordinated the survey for the institution, told TOI.
She added that men are not comfortable taking orders from their women superiors. “Even if women are at senior positions, there are times when men under them do not welcome taking orders from them. This might be the reason that despite having enough qualifications, not many women reach the top positions,” she added..
GU vice-chancellor of Dinesh Kumar, meanwhile, said the state is likely to see a rise in women college educators in the coming years. “A few years down the line, it is likely that we will see more women at senior posts. Since professors need a certain number of years of experience, we find more men here at present because earlier, only men got the opportunity to continue their education. The trend of more women teachers has been seen only in the past five to six years. Now that women are getting more opportunities for education, their number is rising too,” he added.
When it comes to higher posts such as professors, however, men are predominant — of 3,738 professors in the state in 2021-22, 67.4% (2,519) are men.There are only 1,219 (32.6%) women professors.
The report of the survey, which was conducted across 1,089 colleges in the state, was released last week.
At college level, educators are categorised into various posts, including professors, associate professors, lecturers, demonstrators or tutors, temporary teachers and visiting staff that may include professors or lecturers from other institutions.
The survey, which was carried out by the Union education ministry, shows that most lecturer, demonstrator and even temporary teacher positions are occupied by women. In fact, 81.4% of demonstrators or tutors in the Haryana colleges are women, against only 313 men. Similarly, 66.3% (1,486) of 2,241 temporary teachers in these colleges are women, against 755 men.
Lecturers are those who are recruited based on a postgraduate degree, a BEd degree and the entrance exam conducted by state government or Centre. They don’t need to have a PhD in a specific subject. Of 28,763 lecturers in Haryana, 54.8% (15,770) are women.
When it comes to associate professors, the numbers are fairly even — of a total of 4,199, 51.9% (2,179) are men and 48.1% (2,020) women. The situation is similar for visiting teachers, with 53.5% (253) men and 46.5% (220) women.
In non-teaching college staff, however, there are more men employees compared to women. Colleges across Haryana have 36,114 employees, of whom 64.8% (23,390) are men and 35.2% (12,724) are women.
Experts attributed the trend to fewer education opportunities provided to women, mostly due to family responsibilities, as well as the male-dominant structure of the society.
“Compared to men, women have few opportunities to continue their education. This is the case not only in Haryana, but across India. They get married at a certain age and their need have to attain a work-life balance is greater than that for men. Even if they get an opportunity to continue their education or rise in their career, they have family responsibilities which restricts their ascent,” Anshita Yadav, assistant professor of commerce at Gurugram University (GU), who also coordinated the survey for the institution, told TOI.
She added that men are not comfortable taking orders from their women superiors. “Even if women are at senior positions, there are times when men under them do not welcome taking orders from them. This might be the reason that despite having enough qualifications, not many women reach the top positions,” she added..
GU vice-chancellor of Dinesh Kumar, meanwhile, said the state is likely to see a rise in women college educators in the coming years. “A few years down the line, it is likely that we will see more women at senior posts. Since professors need a certain number of years of experience, we find more men here at present because earlier, only men got the opportunity to continue their education. The trend of more women teachers has been seen only in the past five to six years. Now that women are getting more opportunities for education, their number is rising too,” he added.