Total personnel in formal education institutions during academic year 2021-2022 amounted to 19,561, increasing by 5.2% when compared to the previous academic year, the National Statistics Office said today.

Of these 19,561, the teaching staff in state, church and private schools amounted to 10,229, while 9,332 were in non-teaching and administrative roles.

The NSO noted that the majority of these were females, amounting to 69.8% of all teaching and non-teaching staff.

The largest share of teaching staff were females, at 66.1%.

The NSO said that teaching staff in state-run institutions corresponded to 72.0% of the total teaching staff.

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