Study reveals that India ranks second highest in women learners for online courses in the world – Education News
Women in India are learning online courses at higher rates compared to the pre-pandemic times, representing 44 per cent of new learners in 2021, up from 37 per cent in 2019.
The Women and Skills Report by Coursera compares pre-pandemic enrolment and performance data with trends observed on the platform since the onset of the pandemic through June 2021.
With 4.8 million registered women learners, India ranks second worldwide for the highest number of registered women online courses on Coursera.
The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021 indicates that the pandemic has disproportionately impacted women in India, with the country ranking 28 ranks lower than in 2020.
The reasons contributing to the widening gender gap include a decrease in women labour force participation rate to 22.3 per cent, women’s inadequate representation in technology and leadership, and a lagging female to male literacy ratio.
However, during this period, women increased their investment in learning new skills on Coursera despite the more difficult labour market conditions.
Women are turning to online education at higher rates than pre-pandemic. India has 4.8 million registered women learners on Coursera, the second-highest of all 190 countries globally. In 2020, a peak of 44 per cent of new registered Indian learners was women, and the growth continues to sustain through 2021.
Overall, 38 per cent of total learners in India today are women, up from 24 per cent in 2016. The median age of Indian women learners on Coursera is 27, four years younger than the global median age of 31.
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