India - Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)

Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in India was 16.59 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 38.40 in 1976, while its lowest value was 12.73 in 1993.

Definition: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 37.61
1972 35.73
1973 36.78
1975 38.12
1976 38.40
1977 31.74
1978 31.87
1980 28.24
1981 32.44
1982 28.78
1983 29.22
1984 29.48
1986 29.51
1987 27.03
1988 28.37
1989 31.63
1993 12.73
1994 13.07
1995 13.99
1996 15.48
1997 15.46
1999 20.08
2000 20.42
2001 16.62
2002 17.44
2003 15.17
2004 17.62
2005 20.08
2006 22.54
2007 25.00
2008 25.00
2013 17.07
2014 16.93
2015 16.48
2016 16.59
2017 16.59

Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation