Hyderabad, July 24 -- Telangana's higher education system employed 84,568 teachers in 2023-24, a decline of 8 percent from the 91,932 teachers on record in 2014-15, according to data from the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24.

The drop stands in contrast to the national trend, where the number of teachers in higher education rose 17.6 percent over the same period. Temporary and contract teaching posts in the state fell at a comparable rate, declining 10 percent, from 3,250 to 2,907.

According to a report by The Hindu, the decline is concentrated among male teachers, whose numbers fell 21.6 percent, from 59,146 to 46,360. The number of female teachers rose 16.5 percent, from 32,786 to 38,208, over the same period.

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