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Il-Ħaddiema fl-Edukazzjoni: 2021-2022
NR203/2023
Data tal-Ħruġ: 15 taʼ Novembru 2023
Matul is-sena akkademika 2021-2022, l-għadd sħiħ ta’ ħaddiema fl-edukazzjoni formali laħaq id-19,561, żieda ta’ 5.2 fil-mija meta mqabbel mas-sena akkademika taʼ qabel.

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Mid-19,561 ħaddiem fl-edukazzjoni formali, 10,229 minnhom kienu fi rwoli taʼ tagħlim jew akkademiċi, filwaqt li d-9,332 l-oħra kienu fi rwoli li ma kinux taʼ tagħlim dirett jew fi rwoli amministrattivi (Ċart nru 2). Il-biċċa l-kbira, jew 69.8 fil-mija, tal-ħaddiema kollha fl-edukazzjoni formali kienu nisa (Ċart nru 1).

Ċart nru 1. It-taqsim perċentwali tal-ħaddiema fl-edukazzjoni formali, bis-sess

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Nota:  Ara n-nota metodoloġika nru 10 għat-tifsir tal-gradi.

Ċart nru 2. Il-ħaddiema fl-edukazzjoni formali bis-sena akkademika

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Nota: Ara n-nota metodoloġika nru 10 għat-tifsir tal-gradi.

L-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku

Fis-sena akkademika taʼ referenza, l-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku fl-istituzzjonijiet edukattivi taʼ minn qabel il-primarja sal-livell terzjarju żdiedu bʼ5.1 fil-mija fuq is-sena akkademika taʼ qabel, sabiex laħqu bʼkollox 10,229 (Ċart nru 2; Tabelli nri 1 u 2). Minn dawn, 25.2 fil-mija kienu għalliema fil-livelli tas-sekondarja għolja u postsekondarja mhux terzjarja, filwaqt li 24.1 fil-mija kienu għalliema fil-livell terzjarju. L-akbar sehem taʼ għalliema kienu nisa bʼ66.1 fil-mija. L-għalliema fuq bażi full-time kienu jammontaw għal 82.1 fil-mija tat-total. Meta wieħed iqabbel mas-sena akkademika 2020-2021, l-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku fuq bażi part-time żdiedu b’31.7 fil-mija (Tabella nru 2).

Ċart nru 3. It-taqsim perċentwali tal-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku fuq bażi full-time1 bil-livell ta’ edukazzjoni2

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Ċart nru 4. It-taqsim perċentwali tal-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku fuq bażi part-time1 bil-livell ta’ edukazzjoni2

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1 Ara n-nota metodoloġika nru 10 għat-tifsir tal-gradi.

2 Il-livelli ta’ edukazzjoni jirreferu għal-livelli  li jgħallmu fihom l-għalliema. Għall-klassifikazzjoni tal-edukazzjoni ara n-nota metodoloġika nru 9.

L-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku maskili fil-livell terzjarju ammonta ghal 1,506 jew 61.0 fil-mija (Tabella nru 3). Ftit aktar minn nofs l-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku fuq bażi full-time kienu jinsabu fl-edukazzjoni sekondarja tal-ewwel livell, sekondarja tal-ogħla livell u postsekondarja mhux terzjarja (51.7 fil-mija tal-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku fuq bażi full-time) (Ċart nru 3). Il-maġġoranza tal-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku fuq bażi part-time kienu jaħdmu fl-edukazzjoni terzjarja (80.7 fil-mija) (Ċart nru 4).

Matul is-sena akkademika ta’ referenza, 16.5 fil-mija tal-għalliema u staff akkademiku kellhom bejn it-30 u l-34 sena. Warajhom, kien hemm dawk ta’ bejn il-35 u d-39 sena bi 15.4 fil-mija (Tabella nru 4). L-akbar proporzjon ta’ għalliema u staff akkademiku barrani kienu jaħdmu f’istituzzjonijiet privati – b’37.8 fil-mija tal-għalliema li kienu jaħdmu f’isitituzzjonijiet privati jkunu barranin (Ċart nru 5).

Ċart nru 5. It-taqsim perċentwali tal-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku1 bit-tip ta’ istituzzjoni u ċ-ċittadinanza

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1 Ara n-nota metodoloġika nru 10 għat-tifsir tal-gradi.

Fis-sena akkademika 2021-2022 kien hemm proporzjon ta’ 8.8 studenti għal kull għalliem. L-ogħla proporzjon kien irreġistrat fl-iskejjel privati bi 11.5-il student għal kull għalliem, filwaqt li l-inqas proporzjon kien fl-iskejjel tal-istat b’7.9 studenti għal kull għalliem (Ċart nru 6; Tabella nru 6).

Ċart nru 6. Il-proporzjon ta’ studenti għal kull għalliem1 bil-livell ta’ edukazzjoni2, sena akkademika u tip ta’ istituzzjoni

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1 Ara n-nota metodoloġika nru 7.
2 Il-livelli ta’ edukazzjoni jirreferu għal-livelli li jgħallmu fihom l-għalliema. Għall-klassifikazzjoni tal-edukazzjoni ara n-nota metodoloġika nru 9.

Persuni li jaħdmu fl-edukazzjoni iżda mhux fi rwoli ta’ tagħlim dirett

Fl-2021-2022, il-persuni li jaħdmu fl-edukazzjoni iżda mhux fi rwoli ta’ tagħlim dirett ammontaw għal 9,332, żieda ta’ 5.2 fil-mija meta mqabblin mas-sena akkademika ta’ qabel (Ċart nru 2; Tabella nru 1). In-nisa kienu jifformaw 73.7 fil-mija tal-persuni li ma kellhomx irwoli ta’ tagħlim dirett. Aktar minn nofs ta’ dawn il-ħaddiema kienu assistenti tal-għalliema, b’total ta’ 4,717, jew 50.5 fil-mija tal-istaff kollu li ma jgħallimx. Total ta’ 1,479 persuna kienu jaħdmu fi rwoli ta’ amministrazzjoni jew livelli ogħla ta’ amministrazzjoni tal-iskola (15.8 fil-mija tal-istaff kollu li ma jgħallimx), 1,277 u 1,224 oħra kienu mdaħħlin fil-maniġment jew f’maniġment ta’ livell ogħla tal-iskejjel, u bħala ħaddiema tal-manutenzjoni u tal-operat, rispettivament (13.7 fil-mija u 13.1 fil-mija tal-istaff kollu li ma jgħallimx) (Tabella nru 7).

Aktar minn terz tal-assistenti tal-għalliema kellhom bejn it-30 u d-39 sena – 36.7 fil-mija (Tabella nru 8). Il-maġġoranza (67.3 fil-mija) kienu impjegati f’istituzzjonijiet immexxija mill-istat (Tabella nru 9). Madwar tnejn minn kull ħames assistenti tal-għalliema kienu impjegati fl-edukazzjoni primarja (42.9 fil-mija tal-assistenti tal-għalliema) (Tabella nru 10).

L-għadd sħiħ ta’ persuni fi rwoli ta’ maniġment u maniġment ta’ livell ogħla fl-iskejjel kien jilħaq l-1,277, żieda ta’ 7.8 fil-mija meta mqabbel mas-sena akkademika 2020-2021 (Tabella nru 11).

Methodological Notes

1. Education statistics presented in this news release are processed by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on an annual basis in accordance with European Regulations (EC) 452/2008 and (EU) 912/2013. These regulations establish the basis of information to be collected from educational institutions at all levels of education and all economic sectors. By adhering to these regulations, all education statistics collected and processed by the NSO are comparable to other European countries following the same regulatory standards.

2. This news release includes educational personnel working in institutions providing formal education courses with a minimum duration of one semester of full-time study (or the equivalent in part-time) and that are delivered from Malta. Formal education is an institutionalised, intentional and planned type of education which is provided by public organisations and recognised private bodies. It consists primarily of initial education designed for children and young people before their first entry to the labour market. It also includes other types of education such as vocational, special needs and adult education provided they are recognised as part of the formal education system by the relevant national education authorities.

3. Data is collected as at 31st March of the reference academic year.

4. Source of data collected:

● The Ministry for Education, Sports, Youth, Research and Innovation (MEYR) is the direct source of administrative data for teaching and non-teaching staff in state and church institutions in the pre-primary till the post-secondary levels of education, and for teaching staff of private schools in the pre-primary till the secondary levels of education.
● Private schools are the direct source of non-teaching staff data from pre-primary to tertiary levels of education and teaching staff for the post-secondary till the tertiary levels of education.
● State schools are the direct source of teaching and non-teaching staff data for post-secondary to tertiary levels of education.

5. Staff members are counted only once in the data collection. If staff are assigned to more than one level or grade, or if they have more than one contract, their numbers are pro-rated according to the contractual hours devoted to each programme based on the intensity, level or grade during the academic year. Where the information is unknown, staff are pro-rated in equal shares to each programme, level or grade to which they are assigned during the reference year.

6. Some institutions do not provide the level of education in which the staff are employed in. For this reason, staff are randomly allocated an ISCED level based on the proportion of students in that particular school.

7. Pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of full-time equivalent pupils and students in each level of education by the number of full-time equivalent teachers at the same level. 

8. Age is calculated as at 1st January of the reference academic year. For example, for academic year 2021-2022, age is calculated as at 1st January 2022.

9. Classifications:

Broad citizenship: The main citizenship group of the person as recorded by the administrative source.

Education levels are based on ISCED 2011 classification. For the purpose of this news release:

Pre-primary education: ISCED 02 – Kinder 1 and Kinder 2.
Primary education: ISCED 1 – Year 1 to Year 6.
Lower secondary education: ISCED 2 – Year 7-Year 9 (Form 1 to Form 3), the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS), and public and private institutions at ISCED Level 2.
Upper Secondary and Post-secondary non-tertiary education: ISCED 3, ISCED 4 – Year 10 and Year 11 (Form 4 and Form 5), Sixth Forms, the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS), University of Malta, and public and private institutions offering courses at ISCED Levels 3 and 4.
Tertiary education: ISCED 5 to ISCED 8 – the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS), University of Malta, and public and private institutions offering courses at ISCED Levels 5 to 8.

International Standard Classification of Education – ISCED 2011

The International Standard Classification of Education is a framework for assembling, compiling, and analysing cross-nationally comparable statistics on education. ISCED belongs to the United Nations International Family of Economic and Social Classifications and is the reference classification for organising education programmes and related qualifications by levels and fields of education. ISCED is designed to serve as a framework to classify educational activities as defined in programmes and the resulting qualifications into internationally agreed categories. For more information refer to the ISCED 2011 manual or ISCED 2011 classification.

10. Grade descriptions:

Teachers and Academic Staff:

Teachers/Classroom teachers guide and direct the learning experience of students. Teaching involves planning, organising and conducting group activities whereby students’ knowledge, skills and competencies develop as stipulated by the educational programme in which they participate. Classroom teachers include kindergarten educators, supply kindergarten educators, supply teachers, activity teachers, support teachers, peripatetic teachers, teachers amongst other grades.
●  Academic staff includes personnel at the tertiary level of education whose primary assignment is instruction. Academic staff may hold an academic rank with titles such as professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, assistant lecturer or the equivalent of these academic ranks.

Non-Teaching Staff:

Teacher aides and other paraprofessional personnel are personnel who support teachers in providing instruction to students. Teacher aides include Learning Support Educators (LSEs), Supply Learning Support Educators (SLSEs), technical officers, technicians amongst other technical grades.
Research assistants covers personnel whose primary purpose is to conduct research.
Pedagogical support covers professional staff who provide services to students to support their instructional programme. This classification includes guidance counsellors, career advisors, librarians amongst other grades.
Health and social support covers all personnel in educational institutions who provide health and social support services to students. This classification includes health professionals such as nurses, health attendants, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers amongst others.
School level management covers professional personnel who are responsible for school management. This classification includes principals, assistant principals, head of departments, head of school, assistant head teachers, deans, directors amongst others.
Higher level management covers personnel whose primary responsibility is quality control and the management of the education system at the higher level. Their work may involve direct administration or other functions that support the operation of education institutions. This category includes directors of planning and evaluation, business development manager, senior executives, service managers amongst other grades.
School level administrative personnel covers all personnel who support the administration of the schools. This category includes receptionists, secretaries, clerks, bookkeepers, assistants amongst other similar grades.
Higher level administrative personnel covers personnel who support the administrative functions of the educational system at the higher level. This category includes grades such as supervisors, managers, consultants amongst other similar grades.
Maintenance and operations personnel covers personnel who support the maintenance and operations of the educational institutions. This category includes security guards, cleaning attendants, drivers, handymen, gardeners, general hand, messengers, cooks, food caterers amongst other grades.

11. In this news release, the terms personnel and staff are used interchangeably.

12. Totals or percentages may not add up due to rounding. 

13. The data contained in this news release may be revised.

14. More information relating to this release may be accessed at:

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15. References to this news release are to be cited appropriately.

16. A detailed news release calendar is available online.

17. European statistics related to personnel are available here.

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Il-Ħaddiema fl-Edukazzjoni: 2021-2022
NR203/2023
Data tal-Ħruġ: 15 taʼ Novembru 2023
Happy teacher during a class at elementary school looking at camera. Her student are learning in the background.
  • Matul is-sena akkademika 2021-2022, l-għadd sħiħ taʼ persuni li jaħdmu fl-edukazzjoni formali laħaq id-19,561, żieda ta’ 5.2 fil-mija meta mqabbel mas-sena akkademika taʼ qabel.
  • L-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku fl-iskejjel tal-istat, tal-knisja u tal-privat ammontaw għal 10,229.
  • Il-biċċa l-kbira tal-għalliema u l-istaff akkademiku kienu nisa – 66.1 fil-mija.
  • L-għalliema fʼistituzzjonijiet immexxija mill-istat kienu jgħoddu għal 72.0 fil-mija tal-persuni kollha li jgħallmu.
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