Staff members increased by 4 and full-time equivalents by 50
In December 2004 there were 4,688 staff members working 3,861 full-time equivalent jobs in Icelandic pre-primary schools. The previous year there were 4,684 staff members working 3,811 full-time equivalent jobs in Icelandic pre-primary schools. The number of employees has only increased by 4 since 2003, the number of females decreased by 3 while the number of males increased by 7. The number of full-time equivalent jobs has increased by 50, indicating that employees are working more hours than last year. Going back to the year 1998 41.5% of staff members in pre-primary schools had a full-time job or more. In 2001 the proportion was up to 44.4% and in December 2004 48.9% of all employees worked at least one full-time job.
In addition there were 2 full-time employees working in a pre-primary school run by Impregilo S.p.A. at Kárahnjúkar in Eastern Iceland.
The number of educated pre-primary teachers increased by 100
Between the years 2003 and 2004 the number of educated pre-primary school teachers increased by almost 100. At the same time the number of unlicensed staff members decreased. The proportion of staff members working in education and child care that are educated as pre-primary school teachers is also larger. In 2004 they were 32.3% of staff members working in education and child care in pre-primary schools but were 30.0% the previous year.
The dropout rate among staff members was 24%
The dropout rate among personnel has increased after having decreased for the last two years. A total of 1,124 employees in pre-primary schools in December 2003 had left their jobs one year later; 24.0% of all personnel in 2003. Proportionally the dropout rate is greatest among cleaning personnel. A total of 782 staff members working in education and child care in 2003 had left their jobs in 2004. The dropout rate is lowest among headmasters, assistant headmasters and department heads. It should be noted that the dropout rate refers to two individual measurements. Therefore personnel who started working in 2004 and left their jobs in the first 11 months of the year are not included in the data.