The National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education has released one of the indicators of the national ranking of higher education institutions — the level of staffing with teaching staff.

According to the results, in state universities there are an average of 19.1 students per teacher, in branches of foreign universities — 32.9, and in non-state universities — 55.3.

By category, the best ratio is observed in creative (sports) universities — 8.4 students per teacher. In medical universities, this figure is 13.6, in applied sciences universities — 26.8, and in social sciences and humanities universities — 44.3.

The highest teacher workload is in the non-state sector, where there are 55.3 students per teacher, almost three times higher than in state universities (19.1). At the same time, non-state universities enroll 38.3% of the country's students but have only 17.3% of the total teaching staff.

In some universities, the teacher-student ratio is extremely high, in some cases exceeding 200 students per teacher.

Social sciences and humanities universities account for 70.6% of all students in the country (over 1.1 million). This category has the highest teacher workload — an average of 44.3 students per teacher, which is 14 students higher than the national average.

In applied sciences universities, there are 26.8 students per teacher. Although lower than in social sciences and humanities universities, this figure still significantly exceeds the normative requirements for training aimed at developing practical skills.

In medical universities, there are 13.6 students per teacher, and in creative and sports universities — 8.4. The low figures are explained by the need to organize clinical, practical, and individual classes in small groups.

A separate category consists of the leaders of the higher education system — universities included in the top 1000 of world university rankings. In these universities, there are 16.4 students per teacher, almost half the national average.

Source: www.gazeta.uz