Country: Malaysia                             
Title:    Surat Pekeliling Pentadbiran No. 3/67
Institution:       Ministry of Education
Citations:         Surat Pekeliling Pentadbiran No. 3/67.  
Descriptors:       Secondary schools; Student teacher ratio; Class
                   size.  
Identifiers:       Surat Pekeliling; Secondary schools (general); 
        Remove class.  
Full text: (c) Secondary Schools (General and Technical)

  (i) In the case of a lower secondary school with 10 or below
  approved classes the approved establishment will be 1.43 teachers
  per approved class, including the head-teacher, worked out as
  below:

  x classes in Remove

  a classes in Form I

  b classes in Form II

  c classes in Form III

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  N classes in school

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  The total staff, including the head-teacher, will then be 1.43 N.
  The break-down of this 1.43 N will be as follows:

  Number of NC/CT/RTC/etc. = 1.43 (x + a + b + c)

  Number of Graduates = 1.43 (c)/2

  (ii) In the case of a lower secondary school with 11 and above
  approved classes, the approved ration will be 1.3 teachers per
  appproved class, including the head-teachers, as worked out below:

  x classes in Remove

  a classes in Form I

  b classes in Form II

  c classes in Form III

  (underline)

  N classes in School

  (underline)

  The total staff, including the head-teacher, will then be 1.3 N.
  The break-down of this 1.3 N will be as follows:

  Number of NC/CT/RTC/etc. = 1.3 (x + a + b + c/2)

  Number of Graduates = 1.3 (c)/2

  (iii) In Secondary schools with approved Form IV and V classes over
  and above the lower secondary entitlement, additional teacher
  entitlement is worked out as follows:

  d classes in Form IV

  e classes in Form V

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  M classes in Form IV and V

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  The additional approved establishment will then be 1.4 M. The
  break-down of this 1.4 M will be as follows:

  Hons. Graduate 1.4(e)

  Graduate 1.4(d)

  (iv) In Secondary schools with approved Form VI classes, additional
  staff will be permitted as shown below:

  Total number of Form VI approved classes = y

  Total number of Hons. Teachers = 1.6y

  Notes; .5 and above to be rounded off to the whole number.

  (v) No change in approved ratio is permitted for schools with
  double sessions.