asked the Minister for Education in respect of national schools, the pupil/teacher ratio that will apply next year; that which applies this year; the ratio that obtained in 1960; the main changes in the ratio since then; and the date of such changes.
Written Answers. - Pupil/Teacher Ratio.
199.
It is estimated that the average pupil/teacher ratio in national schools in 1988 will be 29:1. This year it is 26.8:1 and in 1960 it was 34.8:1.
The ratios since 1960 are given in the following table:
|
School Year |
Pupil/teacher Ratio |
|
1960-61 |
34.8:1 |
|
1961-62 |
34.4:1 |
|
1962-63 |
34.0:1 |
|
1963-64 |
33.9:1 |
|
1964-65 |
33.5:1 |
|
1965-66 |
33.4:1 |
|
1966-67 |
33.6:1 |
|
1967-68 |
33.2:1 |
|
1968-69 |
33.5:1 |
|
1969-70 |
33.6:1 |
|
1970-71 |
33.5:1 |
|
1971-72 |
33.0:1 |
|
1972-73 |
33.1:1 |
|
1973-74 |
32.4:1 |
|
1974-75 |
30.6:1 |
|
1975-76 |
30.6:1 |
|
1976-77 |
30.6:1 |
|
1977-78 |
30.5:1 |
|
1978-79 |
29.5:1 |
|
1979-80 |
28.8:1 |
|
1980-81 |
28.3:1 |
|
1981-82 |
28.0:1 |
|
1982-83 |
27.5:1 |
|
1983-84 |
27.2:1 |
|
1984-85 |
27.1:1 |
|
1985-86 |
26.8:1 |
200.
asked the Minister for Education when the pupil/teacher ratio in national schools was last at or above 38; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The revision of the schedule of averages for the appointment and retention of teachers in national schools, as circularised to schools in May 1974, provided for a minimum of 40 units of average daily enrolment, in most cases, for each additional teaching post.