Indicator 5: Number and percent of staff by education level

Table 4 shows all teaching staff in the FSM by qualification status. Graph 2 presents a representation of the data.  

Table 4

Key:

No degree:   
Those staff without a degree from an Institution of Higher Education.  This group is composed of those with only a high school diploma or certificate, many with some college courses.  The group also includes those that are undocumented.  They may have attended school, but because of financial requirements, official documents may not be available. 

AA/AS:    
Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree.  This group also includes those who have obtained a Third Year Teaching Certificate from COM-FSM.

BA/BS:     
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science

MA/AS:        
Masters of Arts or Masters of Science

PhD:         
Doctor of Philosophy

 

Graph 2 depicts the information from the above table.

Graph 2
  

 Comment:

In comparison to last year data, All state has decline their number of teachers with no degree. Pohnpei State show an increase in the number of teachers with M/A / M/S degree thru the online education . However, there are disparities in Pohnpei’s data for number of teaching staff with no degree. Last Year they reported 37 teaching staff with no degree and this year they reported 153, an increase of 116. Validation of data could not performed due to late submission of reports from the states.