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	Regular Institutions of Higher Education		Regular Secondary Schools		Primary Schools
Year	Number of		Number of		Number of
	Full-time	Student-	Full-time	Student-	Full-time	Student-
	Teachers	teacher	Teachers	teacher	Teachers	teacher
	(10 000 persons)	Ratio	(10 000 persons)	Ratio	(10 000 persons)	Ratio

1978	20.6	4.2	328.1	20.2	522.6	28.0
1980	24.7	4.6	317.1	17.9	549.9	26.6
1985	34.4	5.0	296.7	17.2	537.7	24.9
1989	39.7	5.2	342.3	14.8	554.4	22.3
1990	39.5	5.2	349.2	14.6	558.2	21.9

1991	39.1	5.2	355.7	14.7	553.2	22.0
1992	38.8	5.6	362.4	14.8	552.7	22.1
1993	38.8	6.5	366.8	14.7	555.2	22.4
1994	39.6	7.1	375.7	15.2	561.1	22.9
1995	40.1	7.2	388.3	15.9	566.4	23.3

1996	40.3	7.5	404.0	16.4	573.6	23.7
1997	40.5	7.8	418.6	16.7	579.4	24.2
1998	40.7	8.4	431.2	17.0	581.9	23.9
1999	42.6	9.7	445.0	17.6	586.1	23.1
2000	46.3	12.0	458.2	18.2	586.0	22.2

2001	53.2	13.5	486.6	18.3	579.8	21.6
2002	61.8	14.6	489.4	18.7	577.9	21.0
2003	72.5	15.3	502.5	18.9	570.3	20.5


a) Secondary schools in this table don't include various technical schools and schools for juvenile delinquents.