Microsoft Word - Apostoaie Constantin Marius_eng.doc Statistical analysis of the structure and dynamics of material and human resources in public education over the past two academic years in Bacau Eugenia Harja, „Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Romania Abstract The public university education in Bacau, represented by “Vasile Alecsandri” University from Bacau has developed over the past two years not only in terms of student numbers, but as human and material resources available to them. After the number of students per teacher, public higher education from Bacau is situated on the second place after Iasi, the number of teachers representing 1% of the country. The structure by scientific degrees of teachers has improved in the last year, reaching over 36% professors and lecturers and 144 PhDs. Over 55% of the teachers are younger than 40 years. The material basis has improved both quantitatively and qualitatively by putting into use a new building, bringing an additional 27 classrooms and 11 seminar rooms and providing the conditions of modern higher education. Keywords Teaching staff, PhDs, students, lecture rooms JEL Codes: I21, C10 Developing a quality high education implies adequate resources, both human and material. Of 304 existing teachers in higher education from Bacau at the beginning of 2008/2009 academic year, 86.2% belonged to public education. If at that moment the average of the country that was for the number of students per teacher was 28 in total, and in the Northeast region of 20 students, Bacau county had an average of 25 students / teacher. Bacau public education has an average of 20 students / teacher; compared to 19, the average of the region and to 18, the average of the country, and also compared to 55,as the private schools from Bacau had. From this point of view, Bacau County ranks second in the region, after Iasi, in public education. The number of teachers in the public higher education from Bacau represents 1.0% of the total country for this form of property, being ranked 15 in the ranking counties. Human resources of the university were in a total of 404 persons at the beginning of the academic year 2009/2010, decreasing by 3.6% (-15 persons) prior to beginning. Staff reduction occurred in all categories except the auxiliary teaching staff, where it has remained constant at 20 employees. Thus, maintenance and operational personnel at the beginning of the academic year was 7.3% lower (-6 persons) and the administrative staff with -4.3% (-2 employees). Studies and Scientific Researches - Economic Edition, no. 15, 2010 239 62,5 19,6 18,8 11,0 10,9 6,9 7,2 63,1 0% 50% 100% 2008/2009 2009/2010 Teaching staff Maintenance and operational staff Administrative Personnel Auxiliary teaching staff Figure 1. Structure of the personell at the beginning of the university year (%) Source: D.J.S. Bac u The number of holder university teachers was at the beginning of this academic year of 255 people, with -2.7% (-7 person) prior to the previous beginning university year. It grew its share in total from 62.5% in 2008/2009 to 63.1% in 2009/2010, due to the decrease in a higher extend in the administrative and maintenance staff. 46 40 43 61 64 63 60 51 39 48 0 100 200 2008/2009 2009/2010 Teachers Lecturers Readers Assistants Tutors Figure 2. Teaching staff at the beginning of the university year Source: D.J.S. Bac u Studies and Scientific Researches - Economic Edition, no. 15, 2010 240 It has increased the proportion of teachers in higher degrees (lecturers and professors) in total, from 33.3% to 36.1%. It is maintained a good proportion of age groups, the teachers share until 40 years being of 55.7% in total, this year. By age and grade comparative education distribution in the past two years is apparent in the following histograms. University year 2008-2009 University year 2009-2010 12 14 15 5 0 5 10 15 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste 12 16 15 5 0 5 10 15 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste 6 12 12 9 1 0 5 10 15 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste 7 17 5 10 4 0 5 10 15 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste 4 33 19 1 22 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste 40 18 1 1 2 2 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste 22 34 22 3 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste 22 32 1 2 3 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste professor lecturers readers assistent Studies and Scientific Researches - Economic Edition, no. 15, 2010 241 46 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste 34 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 sub 30 30-39 40-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 i peste Figure 3. Distribution by age groups and by educational degrees of the number of teaching staff at the begining of the last two university years The coverage degree by holding teaching posts decreased from 72% in the2008/2009 academic year to 63.6% this academic year, fall due to the increasing curriculum and students on the one hand and the reductionnumber of teachers on the other hand. If in the license programs in the 2008/2009 academic year about 20 students were per teacher, in this academic year there are about 21.5 students. In all forms of education and existing programs, the average number of students per teacher increased from 25.4 to 29.2. It has increased the level of training and recognition of the university teachers, not only by increasing the number of higher educational degrees, but by completing a doctorate. Therefore, the number of PhDs in Science earlier this year was of 144 persons (9.1% over the previous year, respectively 12 persons). The share of the teachers with an academic title of doctor increased in total from 50.4% to 56.5% at the beginning of this academic year. The material basis of the university has developed and modernized considerably this year through further investment and putting into use almost the entire D building, by modernizing and developing the library, the cafeteria, but also housing for students. The number of lecture and classrooms at the beginning of this academic year is 2,7 times higher than the previous year (+27 rooms) and the seminar rooms with 19.6% higher (+11 rooms). 2008/2009 2009/2010 Material basis Lecture and classrooms 16 43 268,8 27 Seminar rooms 56 67 119,6 11 Physical education rooms 3 2 66,7 -1 Laboratories 38 43 113,2 5 School Workshops 3 1 33,3 -2 Sport playgrounds 3 5 166,7 2 Computers total, of which: 541 853 157,7 312 - used in education 516 807 156,4 291 - students 464 681 146,8 217 - teaching staff 52 126 242,3 74 - Management used 25 46 184,0 21 - connected to the Internet 515 687 133,4 172 Source: calculations after D.J.S. Bacau data Table 1. Material basis of University "V. Alecsandri" in Bacau at the beginning of the academic year 2009/2010 and dynamics of the previous year Dynamics (%) Dynamics (+/- nomber) Material basis in early education preparator Studies and Scientific Researches - Economic Edition, no. 15, 2010 242 168,8 66,7 57,7 19,6 13,2 -33,3 -66,7 -100,0 -50,0 0,0 50,0 100,0 150,0 200,0 Lecture and classrooms Furnished sports Computers Seminar rooms Laboratories Ed rooms. Physics and Sports School Workshops % Figure 4. Dynamics (+/-%) of the material basis at the begining of the university year (2009/2010 unlike 2008/2009) It grew 1.5 times the number of computers in the beginning of this academic year (+312 pieces), 94.6% of them being used in education (84.4% by students and 16.6% by teachers). The number of computers connected to the Internet increased by 33.4%, reaching 687 at the beginning of the year. Given that the material and equipment investment in the university will continue in this calendar year, it is even more obvious the overall development and modernization of the educational conditions of the “Vasile Alecsandri” University from Bacau. Bibliografie 1. Harja, E. (2009), Statistic i Econometrie, Ed. Alma Mater, Bac u 2. Harja, E. (2010), Marketing, Raport de evaluare intern pe anul 2009 al C.R.D.F.C. al Universit ii „Vasile Alecsandri” Bac u 3. Jaba, E. (2005), Statistic , Ed. Economic , Bucure ti 4. Institutul Na ional de Statistic , (2009), Anuarul Statistic al României, Bucure ti 5. www.ub.ro 6. www.insse.ro Studies and Scientific Researches - Economic Edition, no. 15, 2010 243