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Mr. Beggs
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what is the pupil-teacher ratio for (a) primary and (b) post primary schools in Northern Ireland at the present time;(2) what will be the pupil-teacher ratio in
(a) primary and (b) post primary schools for the academic year 1990–91 in Northern Ireland.
Dr. Mawhinney
The latest available information on pupil-teacher ratios for 1989 is as follows:
| Pupil teacher ratios | |
| Primary | 23·2 |
| Post-primary | 14·9 |
| 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | ||||
| Board | Pri | Sec | Pri | Sec | Pri | Sec |
| Belfast | 307 | 93 | 318 | 113 | 320 | 116 |
| Western | 212 | 46 | 223 | 67 | 250 | 68 |
| North-Eastern | 222 | 69 | 226 | 92 | 248 | 115 |
| South-Eastern | 239 | 56 | 251 | 66 | n/a | n/a |
| Southern | 185 | 60 | 190 | 83 | 181 | 94 |