Number of schools, pupils, teachers and pupil teacher ratios by type of school

Item

 1993 1994 1995* 1996* 1997*
Total number of schools : 10,713 10,779 10,888 10,936 10,983

Government schools

 10,160 10,191 10,283 10,312 10,358

Private schools

 66 79 79 79 75

Pirivenas

 487 509 526 545 550
 
Total number of pupils : 4,303,539 4,328,521 - 4,251,954 4,260,989

Government schools

 4,172,897 4,194,448 - 4,119,627 4,124,108

Private schools

 83,933 87,759 86,630 86,707 85,890

Pirivenas

 46,709 46,314 47,485 45,620 50,991
 
Total number of teachers : 193,733 195,175 - 193,431 187,539

Government schools

 186,728 187,579 187,571 185,553 179,589

Private schools

 3,251 3,574 3,677 3,731 3,652

Pirivenas

 3,754 4,022 4,140 4,147 4,298
Pupil teacher ratio in ;      -

Government schools

 22.3 22.4 - 22.2 23.0

Private schools

25.8

 24.5 23.6 23.2 23.5

Pirivenas

12.4

 11.5 11.5 11.0 11.9

    *Provisional

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