Only three percent of schools in Estonia have a fully qualified roster of teachers, while around 80 percent of teachers at state-run schools meet the qualification requirements.
The figure for municipal-run schools, which make up the majority of the total number of schools nationwide, that figure drops to 77 percent.
Data from the Estonian education information system reveals 1,867 teachers were on the payroll of state schools in Estonia for the academic year just finished.
379 of this total, i.e. 20 percent, currently do not meet qualification requirements, however.
With municipal schools, 77 percent of teachers in municipal schools meet qualification requirements, while those in more rural or outlying areas often have higher proportions of fully qualified teachers on payroll.
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