This report summarises information on

the total number of students in the

United Kingdom who gained
qualifications for English Language
Teachers in two academic years,
2007/8 and 2008/9, with specific focus
on the number of male qualifiers.
In both years, the total numbers of
students remained the same, but there
was a great difference between the
numbers of male and female students
who qualified. In 2007/8, out of a total
of 32,930 students, only 24.7% were
male. The percentage of males who
qualified in 2008/9 was even lower. Out
of a total of 32,945 students, only
22.7% of them were male. This is a
drop of 2%.
There was also a large difference in the
qualifications that students studied for.
Most students qualified with a TEFL
certificate; this was true for male
students. The number of students who
qualified with the TEFL was roughly