Table 7.7 : STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SERVING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN MALE' AND ATOLLS, 2011
Level		No. of teachers				Student Teacher Ratio			Teachers
	No. of students	Total	Trained	Untrained		Total	Trained		Total	Local	Expatriate		expatriate
Republic	86,712	7,070	6,027	1,043		12	14		7,070	4,844	2,226		31
Pre - Primary	17,885	715	354	361		25	51		715	712	3		0
Primary ( 1 - 7)	40,435	3,275	2,645	630		12	15		3,275	2,926	349		11
Lower Secondary ( 8 - 10)	22,788	2,713	2,669	44		8	9		2,713	1,086	1,627		60
Higher Secondary ( 11 - 12)	5,604	367	359	8		15	16		367	120	247		67
Male'	24,992	1,429	1,273	156		17	20		1,429	1,081	348		24
Pre - Primary	5,257	226	148	78		23	36		226	223	3		1
Primary ( 1 - 7)	10,361	652	593	59		16	17		652	575	77		12
Lower Secondary ( 8 - 10)	6,458	434	415	19		15	16		434	242	192		44
Higher Secondary ( 11 - 12)	2,916	117	117	0		25	25		117	41	76		65
Atolls	61,720	5,641	4,754	887		11	13		5,641	3,763	1,878		33
Pre - Primary	12,628	489	206	283		26	61		489	489	0		0
Primary ( 1 - 7)	30,074	2,623	2,052	571		11	15		2,623	2,351	272		10
Lower Secondary ( 8 - 10)	16,330	2,279	2,254	25		7	7		2,279	844	1435		63
Higher Secondary ( 11 - 12)	2,688	250	242	8		11	11		250	79	171		68
The total number of students exclude children with special need
Source: Ministry of Education