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A man in a female dominated profession in Vietnam
Tran Do Hoang Anh has been teaching preschool kids at Vanh Khuyen Kindergarten in Thu Duc District, HCMC for the last 7 years. Tran Do Hoang Anh changes the common perception that only women can be preschool teachers. Hoang Anh, who has been teaching preschool kids at Vanh Khuyen Kindergarten in Thu Duc District, HCMC […]
Read MoreAttracting More Men to Child Care – How to…and why you should
It’s a well known fact: the vast majority of people working in child care are females. Figures from the ABS show that at least 95 per cent of the working population of child care workers are female. Attracting men to the industry is difficult and complicated: there are issues surrounding parental suspicion of men and […]
Read More58% rise in Welsh male graduates opting for teaching
Wales has three times as many women teachers as their male counterparts and the gap is growing, says the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW). The GTCW said the situation was worse at primary level where women teachers outnumber men by more than five-to-one. Women now make up 55% of headteachers in Wales, but mainly […]
Read MoreMale teachers in Malta
University gender ratios show women overtaking men in humanities, education, laws and business degrees With women outnumbering men by a ratio of four to one among aspirant teachers, the male teacher is at risk of becoming a dying breed. Statistics issued by the university from its 11 faculties show that only 265 of 1,418 students […]
Read MoreKidsfirst leads the pack in boosting men in ECE in New Zealand
Men make up just 1.6 percent of New Zealand’s early childhood workforce, one of the worst male participation rates in the western world – but the South Island’s largest kindergarten provider is taking a strong stance in addressing this statistic, and enriching the early childhood education environment with a greater gender balance. Kidsfirst Kindergartens was […]
Read MoreCall for men to teach, become role models
They are the minority in every staff room but are highly in demand. Male teachers make up just one-fifth of the teaching population in Victorian state schools. In the Grampians region, there are 700 male teachers and 1328 female teachers in state schools. For the Catholic diocese of Ballarat, there are 934 female teachers and […]
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