17,438 teaching and non-teaching staff were in formal education during academic year 2018-2019, this was an increase of 1.8% when compared to the previous academic year, the National Statistics Office said today.

According to the latest data, classroom teachers and academic staff in pre-primary to tertiary education institutions during academic year 2018-2019 increased by 2.0% over the preceding academic year, totalling 9,317.

Of these, 25.9% were teachers at the upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary levels, while 22.6% were primary teachers.

The largest share of teaching personnel were females, at 66.8%. Full-time teachers accounted for 86.0 per cent of the total.

It was also noted that tertiary-level male academic staff totalled 1,251, or 63.9% of the total academic staff at the tertiary level. During the academic year under review, 16.4% of all teaching staff were aged between 35 and 39 years, followed by the 25 to 29 years age-bracket, at 16.2%.

The proportion of teaching staff in state-run institutions corresponded to 74.4%of the total teaching staff. This was followed by church schools at 16.4%, and 9.2 per cent in private schools.

The overall pupil-teacher ratio stood at 9.2 pupils per teacher during academic year 2018- 2019. The highest ratio was recorded in private schools, at 12.4 pupils per teacher, followed by church schools at 11.2 pupils per teacher, the NSO said.

During academic year 2018-2019, non-teaching staff in education amounted to 8,121, an increase of 1.6% when compared to the previous academic year.

Females represented 73.4% of the total non-teaching staff. Almost half of the non-teaching personnel were ‘Teacher Aides’, totalling 4,047, or 49.8%.

The majority of teacher aides was aged between 30 and 39 years, at 37.2% of the total. School level management and higher level management personnel stood at 1,067, registering an increase of 5.9% when compared to the previous academic year.

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