Compulsory education, upper secondary level, tertiary level - colleges of higher education

Women represent approximately 70% of all teaching staff. The percentage of women, however, varies greatly depending on the level of education: Whereas women are clearly overrepresented at primary level, from upper secondary level onwards they are under-represented.

Teaching staff volumes by educational level, 2021/22

In people	Total	Women %	Foreigners %
Total1	125'416	69.9	7.0
Primary level 1-22	19'700	94.5	4.4
Primary level 3-8	54'777	83.3	5.7
Lower secondary level	35'091	56.2	9.2
Upper secondary level, general education courses3	12'875	49.0	8.9
Upper secondary level, vocational education and training (VET)	17'415	43.2	7.4
Tertiary level, colleges of higher education	2'838	40.0	12.1

1) Public schools only, without separate teaching, without double countings
2) Primary level 1-2: two years of kindergarten or the first two years of the first learning cycle
3) Including transitional education lower and upper secondary, preparation for vocational baccalaureate and complement education in upper secondary
Source : FSO - School staff statistics (SSP)
Updated: March 2023

The school staff statistics (SSP) covers school staff in state and private schools from compulsory education to the colleges of higher education; universities are excluded. The data consists of the personnel statistics recorded by the 26 cantons.