Teachers (discontinued), 1 October 1999

Since 1998 the number of teachers has increased by 1 400, with women teachers accounting for the entire increase. Since 1992 the percentage of women has increased by 6.5 percentage points, from just under 52 per cent. The number of women in primary schools has increased the most. Since 1992 the number of teachers in primary schools has increased by 13 000 to more than 66 000. While the number of men has declined by more than 700, the number of women has increased by nearly 13 800.

3 out of 10 work part-time

Altogether 30 per cent of teachers worked part-time, one percentage point higher than the year before. While nearly one in three primary school teachers worked part-time, 29 per cent of upper secondary school teachers, 23 per cent of college teachers and 20 per cent of university teachers did the same.

Older teachers

The average age of all teachers in the autumn of 1999 was 44.7 years of age. This is 0.3 year higher than in 1998 and 0.7 year higher than in 1992. While the average age in primary school and universities was slightly lower than in 1992, the average age in upper secondary schools and colleges increased by 2.7 and 2.5 years respectively.

Teachers put in a total of 94 500 man-years. In primary school the number of man-years worked came to 58 200, in upper secondary school 24 100, while the teaching staffs at universities and colleges put in altogether just about 12 400 man-years.