Table 7.7 : STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SERVING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN MALE' AND ATOLLS   , 2008
			No. of teachers					Student Teacher Ratio			Teachers
Level	No. of students		Total		Trained	Untrained		Total	Trained		Total	Local	Expatriate		expatriate
Republic	93,433		7,534		5,745	1,789		12	16		7,534	4,974	2,560		34
Pre - Primary	15,536		635		249	495		24	62		744	742	2		0
Primary ( 1 - 7)	46,994		3,143		2,412	1,139		15	19		3,551	3,186	365		10
Lower Secondary ( 8 - 10)	28,164		2,396		2,852	152		12	10		3,004	989	2,015		67
Higher Secondary ( 11 - 12)	2,651		316		232	3		8	11		235	57	178		76
Special Classes  1_/	88		na		-	-		na	na		na	na	na		na
Male'	27,007		5,958		4,291	1,667		5	6		5,958	3,859	2,099		35
Pre - Primary	5,007		126		140	447		40	36		587	585	2		0
Primary ( 1 - 7)	11,925		611		1,836	1,073		20	6		2,909	2,614	295		10
Lower Secondary ( 8 - 10)	8,360		386		2,178	145		22	4		2,323	631	1692		73
Higher Secondary ( 11 - 12)	1,675		95		137	2		18	12		139	29	110		79
Special Classes  1_/	40		na		-	-		-	-		-	-	-		na
Atolls	66,426		1,576		1,454	122		42	46		1,576	1,115	461		29
Pre - Primary	10,529		509		109	48		84	97		157	157	-		#VALUE!
Primary ( 1 - 7)	35,069		2,532		576	66		57	61		642	572	70		11
Lower Secondary ( 8 - 10)	19,804		2,010		674	7		51	29		681	358	323		47
Higher Secondary ( 11 - 12)	976		221		95	1		10	10		96	28	68		71
Special Classes  1_/	48		-		-	-		-	-		-	-	-		na
1_/  For children with special needs.
Source: Ministry of Education