National Ministry of Culture and Education

Teacher development in figures

Higher non-university level

1. The country has 1,649 educational units at Higher Non-University Level Which stand for 3,4 % of the 47,881 units corresponding for the four levels of teaching.

2. 956 educational units which represent 58 % of the total, belong to the state sector, and the remaining 42 % to the private sector. The participation of the latter at this level is bigger than in other, since it is 39 % in the secondary and it hardly reaches 14,2 % in the primary.

3. The 329,072 students enrolled at Higher Non-University Level stand for 3,7 % of the total enrolment corresponding to the four levels teaching.

4. Seven students out of 10 in the Higher Non-University Level, attend educational units in the state sector and only 3 in the private sector.

5. Among the 591,806 in-service teachers all over the country, 43,921 (7,4 %) belong to the Higher Non-University Level.

The teacher training modality

6. Teacher training is basic at this level. It is exclusively given by 50 % of the units, against 26 % dealing only with techno-professional training and 18 % dealing with both (6 % of the Higher Non-University Level educational units have no reported on the kind of training the give).

7. There are 1,122 educational units in the country devoted to teacher training. Its responsibility lies basically on the State since 64 % of the educational units belong to this sector, while 48,7 % of the techno-professional training is private.

8. Among the 43,921 in-service teachers of the Higher Non-University Level, 30,214 (68 %) belong to the teacher training modality.

9. Most teacher trainers are middle aged. The percentage under 30 years old (14,3 %) is low. In other educational levels the percentages of young teachers are higher: 41,6 % in the initial level, 30,5 % in the primary, and 24,6 % in the secondary.

10. Three quarters of the teachers working at the teacher training modality are females: 74,24 % against 25,76 % males.

11. 42 % of the teachers in the teacher training modality have less than 10 years seniority, 29,2 % between 11 and 20, 20.9 % between 21 and 30, while 6,8 % have more than 30 years seniority.

12. More than 80 % of the teachers in this modality have completed the higher level: 47 % completed higher non-university level 29 % university level and 5 % completed post-graduate studies.

13. More than ¾ of the teacher trainers have got methodological training. Among those who have not got it, university graduates are a significant number.

14. 84.6 % of the teachers in this modality give courses.

15. 45.3 % of the teachers in this modality work in only one institution 33 % in two and the rest in three or more.

The fact that more than 50 % of the teachers work in more than one institution, is typical in this modality. Only 18,2 % of the teachers in the initial level, 19,1 % in the primary and 35,6 % in the secondary are in this situation.

16. Almost half the teachers have a time-table of twelve hours a week.

The Higher Non-University level in the Formal Education System

There are 1,649 educational units working at Higher Non-University Level (HNU). They are attended by 329,072 students and 43,921 teachers work in them.

The level includes 7,4 % of the total in-service teaching staff in the country (591,806) and 3,7 % of the students enrolled in the formal education system (8,890,679).

There are 7.5 students per in-service teacher. There are 9 students for every teacher giving courses.

Graph Nº 1

The higher non-university level in the formal education system

Educational Units

Students

Teachers

The teacher training modality at higher non-university level

2.1. Educational Units

There are 1,122 educational units providing teacher training all over the country. They stand for 68 % of the total offer at the Higher Non-University Level.

Half the educational units of the level devote only to teacher training, 18 % does it simultaneously with another kind or other kinds of training, 26 % provides technico-professional training and/or another type of training.

Graph Nº 2

Educational units at Higher Non-University Level according to the kind of training they provide

The state sector offer of teacher training outnumbers the private one. 64 % (718) of the units which train teachers belong to the state and 36 % (404) are private. This is so in most jurisdictions; except in Buenos Aires (Capital Federal), Córdoba, Santa Fe and Tucumán where private educational units outnumber state ones.

2.2. Teachers

There are 30,214 teacher trainers all over the country. They stand for 68,8 % of the number of teachers at the Higher non-University Level and 5,1 % of the in-service teachers.

Grafh Nº 3

Teachers at the Higher non-University Level according to the kind of training they provide

Teacher's profile and their insertion at institutions

3.1. Age

Most teachers in this modality are middle aged. The percentage of young teachers is low: only 14,3 % are less than 30 years old. This characteristic makes a difference between the teachers of this modality and those of other levels. (41.6 % in the initial level, 30,5 % in the primary and 24,6 % in the secondary where teachers are less than 30 years old).

Graph Nº 4

Teacher Trainers according to age

3.2. Sex

Three quarters of the teachers in the teacher training modality are females: 74,24 % against 25,76 % males.

Graph Nº 5

Teacher Trainers according to sex

3.3. Seniority

42 % of the teachers have up to 10 years seniority in teaching (3,0 % have less than a year), 29.2 % have between 11 and 20, 20.8 % have between 21 and 30 while 6,8 % have been teaching for more than 30 years.

3.4. Educational Level

More than 80 % of the teachers who train teachers have completed the higher level. Most of them were trained at the same level they are working (46,9 %). 28.5 % were trained at university and 5 % have completed post graduate studies. 13 % reached only secondary level.

Graph Nº 6

Teacher Trainers according to educational level

Up to primary

includes complete primary and incomplete secondary

Secondary

includes complete secondary, higher non-university, and university incomplete.

Higher Non-University

includes Higher Non-University Level complete

University

includes university complete and post graduate incomplete

Postgraduate

includes complete postgraduate

3.7 Amount of Institution they are working at

In connection with teachers of other levels, teachers of the teacher training modality are the highest percentage working simultaneously at more than one institution. On the order hand, 81,2 % in the initial level, 80,9 % in the primary, 64,4 ^% in the secondary and 53,2 % (on the whole) in higher non-university level work at only one institution. In the teacher training modality only 45,3 % have this characteristic, the rest work in two or more institutions.

Grafh Nº 7

Teacher trainers according to amount of institutions they are working at

3.8. Time-Table

At Higher Non-University Level teacher training, more than 50 % of the teachers all over the country have a time-table of up to 12 periods a week.

Graph Nº 8

Teacher Trainers according to weekly time-table

Students at teacher training institutes

(1) Values corresponding only to the state sector.
(2) Information corresponding to Teacher Training Institutes for the Initial and Primary Levels.
(*) The total does no include the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Entre Ríos for lack of information.

Source: Tertiary Institutes Base (Badin).
Teacher Training National Administration. Ministry of Culture and Education.
Tentative data.

Students at teacher training institutes of national universities

Source: Census of students at National Universities - 1994

Global Information of the argentine education system

School buildings, institutions and educational units according to sector

Sector	School Buildings	Institutions	Educational Units
State	6.856	30.471	36.799
Private	6.640	7.986	11.082
Total	33.496	38.457	47.881

Source: Teacher Cencus 94 - Institutions Y. Chart 1A.

School building: It is the common space where the institution develops its activities. It can be shared by other institutions.

Institution: It is the basic organizational unit, with its own managing staff, which aims at offering educational services. It is not equivalent to the school building or the educational unit.

Educational unit: It is part of the institution and corresponds to each of the levels of teaching.

Students according to level of teaching

Level of teaching	Amount
Initial	1.009.610
Primariy	5.180.713
Secondary	2.307.821
Higher non University	329.072
Others (*)	63.463
Total	8.890.679

Source: Teacher Census 94 - Enrolement. Chart A.

(*) Special Education and Adult Courses.

In-service teachers
according to level of teaching

Level	Amount
Initial	65.708
Primary	295.488
Secondary	238.791
Higher non-Universitary	43.921
Others	5.531
Total	(*) 591.806

Source: Teacher Census 94 - Docents II. Ch. 1 A

(*) The total figure is lower than the addition of the teachers per level due to the fact that the teachers working at more than one level were considered at each of them.