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Subject in which largest portion |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
of teaching time was spent       |   1966|   1971|   1976|   1981|   1986|   1991|   1996|   2001
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Total secondary school           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   teachers, in thousands .......|    746|    927|  1,016|    995|    970|  1,012|  1,049|  1,173
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   All subjects .................|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0
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Agriculture .....................|    1.6|    0.6|    0.6|    1.1|    0.6|    0.3|    0.5|    0.8
Art .............................|    2.0|    3.7|    2.4|    3.1|    1.5|    2.6|    3.3|    2.5
Business education ..............|    7.0|    5.9|    4.6|    6.2|    6.5|    3.5|    4.1|    2.4
English .........................|   18.1|   20.4|   19.9|   23.8|   21.8|   25.0|   23.9|   22.4
Foreign language ................|    6.4|    4.8|    4.2|    2.8|    3.7|    3.8|    5.2|    4.6
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Health and physical education ...|    6.9|    8.3|    7.9|    6.5|    5.6|    7.5|    5.9|    3.9
Home economics ..................|    5.9|    5.1|    2.8|    3.6|    2.6|    3.1|    2.2|    1.9
Industrial arts .................|    5.1|    4.1|    3.9|    5.2|    2.2|    2.1|    0.5|    0.3
Mathematics .....................|   13.9|   14.4|   18.2|   15.3|   19.2|   14.5|   17.2|   18.2
Music ...........................|    4.7|    3.8|    3.0|    3.7|    4.8|    4.2|    4.3|    2.9
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Science .........................|   10.8|   10.6|   13.1|   12.1|   11.0|   13.3|   12.6|   15.2
Social studies ..................|   15.3|   14.0|   12.4|   11.2|   13.6|   11.0|   13.4|   14.5
Special education ...............|    0.4|    1.1|    3.0|    2.1|    3.5|    5.2|    1.7|    4.0
Other ...........................|    1.9|    3.1|    4.0|    3.3|    3.4|    3.9|    5.2|    6.4
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