Malta’s education workforce grows by 1.3% in 2024–2025

The number of teaching and non-teaching staff working in Malta’s formal education sector increased by 1.3% during the 2024–2025 academic year, according to the National Statistics Office.

An NSO report published on Thursday found that women accounted for 70.2% of all teaching and non-teaching staff.

The trend was reversed only among academic staff at the tertiary level, where men accounted for 59.5%.

The total number of staff rose to 20,448, up from 20,176 the previous year.

Of these, 10,664 held teaching or academic roles, while 9,784 worked in non-teaching or administrative positions. The number of teaching and academic staff increased by 1.9% over the previous year.

Meanwhile, the number of foreign classroom teachers increased by 3.8%.

Maltese nationals made up the majority of teaching and academic staff across pre-primary, primary, secondary, and post-secondary non-tertiary education.

At the tertiary level, 76.1% of teaching and academic staff were Maltese, while 23.9% were foreign nationals.

Private institutions had the highest proportion of foreign classroom teachers and academic staff, who accounted for 41.5% of their teaching and academic workforce.

Of all teaching and academic personnel, 27.4% worked at the tertiary level, while 23.7% taught at upper secondary and post-secondary levels.

Full-time teachers accounted for 79.2% of the total, with more than half working in lower secondary, upper secondary, and post-secondary education.

Meanwhile, 80.6% of part-time classroom teachers and academic staff worked in tertiary education.

During the 2024–2025 academic year, the number of non-teaching staff increased by 0.7% to 9,784, with women accounting for 75% of the total.

More than half of non-teaching personnel were teacher aides, who numbered 5,028 and accounted for 51.4% of all non-teaching staff.

The majority of teacher aides worked in state-run institutions at 65.6%, while almost 45% were employed in primary education.

A further 374 staff members worked as research assistants, while 379 were employed in other pedagogical, health, and social support roles.