Ireland has second worst staff-student ratio in higher education in OECD

Ireland’s higher education staff-to-student ratio stands at one staff member to every 23 students, while the OECD average is one to 17. File picture

Ireland has one of the worst staff-to-student ratios in higher education out of almost 40 countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Only Colombia has a worse student-staff ratio in tertiary education than Ireland out of 38 countries analyzed by the body as part of ‘Education at a Glance 2023’. Ireland’s higher education staff-to-student ratio stands at one staff member to every 23 students, while the OECD average is one to 17.