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Malaysia: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

41,374count · 2019+82.8% since 2006

Total number of female teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Annual figures for Malaysia from 1979 to 2019.

19792019

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
201941,374
201747,465
201542,511
201336,660
201231,204
201136,318
201037,244
200933,668
200831,438
200721,042
200622,632
200521,760
200422,110
200321,337
200215,207
200113,535
200013,343
19851,801
19842,127
19801,415
19791,294

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