Total teaching and non-teaching staff in formal education during academic year 2020-2021 amounted to 18,601, an increase of 2.1 per cent when compared to the previous academic year.

Personnel in Education: 2020-2021

Classroom teachers and academic staff Classroom teachers and academic staff in pre-primary to tertiary education institutions during academic year 2020-2021 increased by 0.6 per cent over the preceding academic year, totalling 9,731.

Of these, 26.5 per cent were teachers at the upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary levels, while 21.6 per cent were primary teachers. The largest share of teaching personnel were females, at 66.7 per cent. Full-time teachers accounted for 85.7 per cent of the total. Total tertiary level male academic staff stood at 1,303 or 63.0 per cent. During the academic year under review, 16.3 per cent of all teaching staff were aged between 30 and 34 years, followed by the 40 to 44 years age-bracket, at 15.4 per cent.

The proportion of teaching staff in state-run institutions corresponded to 74.2 per cent of the total teaching staff. This was followed by church schools at 15.6 per cent, and 10.3 per cent in private schools. The overall pupil-teacher ratio stood at 8.9 pupils per teacher during academic year 2020-2021. The highest ratio was recorded in private schools, at 11.5 pupils per teacher, whereas the lowest ratio was in state schools at 8.1 pupils per teacher.

Non-teaching staff During academic year 2020-2021, non-teaching staff in education amounted to 8,870, an increase of 3.8 per cent when compared to the previous academic year. Females represented 73.7 per cent of the total non-teaching staff. More than half of the non-teaching personnel were ‘Teacher Aides’, totalling 4,518, or 50.9 per cent.

The majority of teacher aides were aged between 30 and 39 years, at 37.7 per cent. School level management and higher-level management personnel stood at 1,185, registering an increase of 2.4 per cent when compared to academic year 2019-2020.