| Number of Regular School Teachers,Staff & Workers by Level & Type | 
| 單位:萬人 | 
| Unit:in 10 Thousand | 
|   | 1949 | 1965 | 1978 | 1980 | 1985 | 1996 | 1997 | 
| 總計 Total | 102.30 | 567.87 | 1083.45 | 1167.61 | 1209.56 | 1439.35 | 1455.81 | 
| 普通高等學校 Reg.Inst.of Higher Education | 4.60 | 33.30 | 51.80 | 63.20 | 87.06 | 103.58 | 103.15 | 
| 普通中等學校 Reg.Secondary Schools | 12.80 | 110.50 | 422.06 | 437.21 | 439.45 | 575.84 | 587.41 | 
| 中等專業學校 Specialized Sec. Schools | 2.40 | 12.20 | 23.70 | 29.80 | 40.32 | 54.28 | 55.36 | 
| 中等技術學校 Sec. Technical Schools | 1.10 | 10.10 | 17.60 | 22.30 | 31.31 | 42.98 | 43.96 | 
| 中等師范學校 Teachers Training Schools | 1.30 | 2.10 | 6.10 | 7.50 | 9.01 | 11.31 | 11.40 | 
| 技工學校 Skilled Worker Schools | ... | ... | 6.66 | 13.61 | 21.53 | 33.49 | 30.95 | 
| 普通中學 General Sec. Schools | 10.40 | 67.70 | 391.70 | 389.70 | 355.69 | 442.44 | 454.09 | 
| 職業中學 Vocational Schools | - | 30.60 | ... | 4.10 | 21.59 | 45.17 | 45.17 | 
| 工讀學校 Correctional Work-study Schools | - | - | - | ... | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 
| 小學 Primary Schools | 84.90 | 407.50 | 562.00 | 605.40 | 602.10 | 638.58 | 643.63 | 
| 特殊教育學校 Special Education Schools | ... | 0.37 | 0.69 | 0.80 | 1.15 | 3.97 | 4.33 | 
| 幼兒園 Kindergartens | ... | 16.20 | 46.90 | 61.00 | 79.80 | 117.38 | 117.29 |