One-quarter of children in private schools
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The number of Cypriot students abroad approached 20,000 in the academic year 2004/05, according to the latest education statistics from the Statistical Service, while almost one in four pupils/students are enrolled in private schools.
The data are included in the annual report “Statistics of Education” for the school year 2004/05.
The report provides detailed information regarding the number of educational institutions, pupils/students, teaching and non-teaching personnel and expenditure, at each level of education, as well as Cypriot students abroad.
 At all levels of education, there were 1,254 educational institutions, 174,018 pupils/students and 14,432 teachers, giving a pupil/teacher ratio of 12.1.
Of the total number of pupils/students, 75.5% were enrolled in public schools and 24.5% in private schools.
The enrolments of pupils/students by level of education were as follows: Pre-primary 27,028, Primary 61,247, Secondary 65,274, Tertiary 20,078 and Special education 391.
Cypriot students abroad totalled 19,400. Τheir distribution by level of education was as follows: tertiary non-university 909 or 4.7%; tertiary university undergraduate 16.464 or 84.9%; tertiary postgraduate (Master’s) 1,668 or 8.6%; and doctoral (Ph.D)
359 or 1.8%.
The most popular fields of study were: Social and behavioural sciences 12.1%, Humanities 11.0%, Business and Administration 11,8%, Health 10,4%, Engineering 9.7%, Teacher training and Education science 7.2% and Computing 5.7%.
The main countries of study were:
Public expenditure in public and private education for year 2004 stood at CYP 499.3 million, for all levels.
The current public cost per pupil/student in public schools by level of education was as follows: Pre-primary CYP 2,412, Primary CYP 1,987, Special CYP 14,692, Secondary CYP 3,644 and Tertiary CYP 6,965. The cost per student abroad was CYP 2,098.
The report is available from the Government Printing Office at the price of CYP 8.00 per copy and free of charge in electronic form, on the website of the Statistical Service under the section Publications.
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