Futureskills Scotland industry Profile: Education and Public Administration in the Highlands and Islands 2006

Futureskills Scotland has published labour market profiles for 12 different industries in the Highlands and Islands. These profiles provide a brief overview of key industries that are of relevance to the Highlands and Islands. The profiles cover a range of labour market information including: 

• size of industry
• employment trends
• occupational structure
• data from Futureskills Scotland's Employer Skills Survey
• industry prospects and
• signposts to other relevant research and organisations

Education and Public Administration

The education and public administration sector includes all primary, secondary and tertiary education; driving school activities; private training providers; adult and other education; government offices; local authorities; defence; the judiciary; the fire service; local enterprise companies and other services to the economy and community. Some key facts from the profiles are:

• There are 31,000 jobs in the education and public administration sector in the Highlands and Islands
• The sector has above average incidence of part-time and female staff
• The number of jobs in the sector has been growing, particularly in primary and secondary teaching posts

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