The bar chart gives information about male and female teachers in six types of educational institution in the UK in 2019. It shows what percentage of teachers were male and what percentage were female.
Women predominated in schools for children. This was particularly true of schools for young children. Over 95 percent of nursery school teachers, for example, were female. The situation was similarly one-sided in primary schools, where over 90 percent of teachers were women.
Men and women were more equally represented in teaching institutions catering for older children and young adults: secondary schools and colleges. College lecturers, for example, were 50 percent female and 50 percent male.
Males held a larger share of teaching posts in higher-level institutions. This was particularly true for universities, where male lecturers outnumbered female lecturers by a factor of three to two.
Overall, women were more likely to hold the more typically maternal role of teaching young children. Males, on the other hand, predominated in the higher status teaching role of university lecturer. Some people might say that there is no need to go further. However, in my view, wherever possible, gender equality should be encouraged.