Cyprus spent EUR 1 bln on education in 2006

Cyprus spent a total of EUR 1.02 bln on expenditure in public and private education for the year 2006 according to figures released by the Statistical Service. The report notes that the current public cost per pupil/student in public schools by level of education was for Pre-school and Pre-primary 4,909 euro, Primary 4,976 euro, Special 38,975 euro, Secondary 7,916 euro and Tertiary 17,180 euro. The cost per student abroad was 4,082 euro.
Furthermore, at all levels of education there were 1,258 educational institutions, 172,361 pupils/students and 15,213 teachers, giving a pupil/teacher ratio of 11.3.
Of the total number of pupils/students, 74.2% were enrolled in public schools and 25.8% in private schools.
The enrolments of pupils/students by level of education were for Pre-school and Pre-primary 26,508, Primary 57,492, Secondary 65,790, Tertiary 22,227 and Special Education 344.
Cypriot students abroad totaled 21,188. Their distribution by level of education was for Tertiary non-university 801 or 3.8%, Tertiary University Undergraduate 18,053 or 85.2%, Tertiary Postgraduate (Master's) 1,849 or 8.7% and Doctoral (PhD) 485 or 2.3%.
The most popular fields of study were Business Administration 12.4%, Health 10.1%, Engineering 10.1%, Humanities 10.0%, Social and Behavioral sciences 9.8% and Teacher training and Education science 7.2%.
The main countries of study were Greece 63.1%, the United Kingdom 26.6%, the USA 2.7%, Bulgaria 2.2%, Hungary 1.1%, France 0.8% and the Russian Federation 0.5%.