Table 68 : Student Enrolment and Number of Teachers in Special
Education Centre/Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 2005/06
a : Special Education Centre (Vieux-Fort)
Year	Type of Disability					Number of	Pupil/Teacher
	Learning Disabilities/	Hearing	Visually	Multiple	Total	Teachers	Ratio
	Mentally Challenged	Impaired	Impaired	Handicaps
1994/95	26	13	3	0	42	10	4
1995/96	24	14	2	0	40	10	4
1996/97	26	14	2	0	42	10	4
1997/98	30	15	3	0	48	10	5
1998/99	19	14	1	0	34	9	4
1999/00	23	13	0	0	36	7	5
2000/01	40	15	3	0	58	58	8
2001/02	36	10	3	5	54	54	7
2002/03	29	4	13	8	54	54	5
2003/04	29	4	6	14	53	53	5
2004/05	37	5	4	6	52	52	4
2005/06	34	5	5	15	59	59	5
2006/07	50	7	11	8	76	14	5
b : Lady Gordon Opportunity Centre
Year	Type of Disability					Number of	Pupil/Teacher
	Learning Disabilities/	Hearing	Multiple	Visually	Total	Teachers	Ratio
	Mentally Challenged	Impaired	Handicaps	Impaired
1994/95	-	34	-	-	34	8	4
1995/96	-	35	-	-	35	9	4
1996/97	-	35	-	-	35	10	4
1997/98	-	34	-	-	34	9	4
1998/99	-	38	-	-	38	10	4
1999/00	9	29	-	-	38	7	5
2000/01	13	29	3	-	45	10	5
2001/02	17	25	4	-	46	9	5
2002/03	32	11	-	-	43	9	5
2003/04	37	15	15	-	67	10	7
2004/05	50	15	2	5	72	12	6
2005/06	41	12	14	5	72	10	7
2006/07	62	6	2	3	73	10	7
c : Dunnottar School
Year	Type of Disability					Number of	Pupil/Teacher
	Learning Disabilities/	Hearing	Multiple	Visually	Total	Teachers	Ratio
	Mentally Challenged	Impaired	Handi caps	Impaired
1994/95	66	1	-		67	12	6
1995/96	63	1	-		64	13	5
1996/97	65	1	-		66	13	5
1997/98	62	1	-		63	14	5
1998/99	67	1	-		68	15	5
1999/00	70	0	-		70	16	4
2000/01	69	0	7		76	14	5
2001/02	82	0	0		82	14	6
2002/03	78	0	0		78	14	6
2003/04	73	0	0		73	13	6
2004/05	71	0	0		71	14	5
2005/06	65	0	8		73	15	5
2006/07	83	0	0		83	16	5
d: School for the Blind
Year	Type of Disability					Number of	Pupil/Teacher
	Learning Disabilities/	Hearing	Multiple	Visually	Total	Teachers	Ratio
	Mentally Challenged	Impaired	Handicaps	Impaired
1994/95				32	32	5	6
1995/96				28	28	5	6
1996/97				28	28	5	6
1997/98				36	36	5	7
1998/99				30	30	4	8
1999/00				18	18	6	3
2000/01				13	13	7	2
2001/02				29	29	7	4
2002/03				25	25	4	4
2003/04				18	25	5	5
2004/05	7			10	17	4	4
2005/06	7			8	15	4	4
2006/07	6			4	10	6	2
Source: Ministry of Education and Culture
Last updated on January 11, 2008 by Olympia Jsoeph