Austria | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school. Development relevance: The pupil-teacher ratio is often used to compare the quality of schooling across countries, but it is often weakly related to student learning and quality of education. Limitations and exceptions: The comparability of pupil-teacher ratios across countries is affected by the definition of teachers and by differences in class size by grade and in the number of hours taught, as well as the different practices countries employ such as part-time teachers, school shifts, and multi-grade classes. Moreover, the underlying enrollment levels are subject to a variety of reporting errors. Statistical concept and methodology: Pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of students at the specified level of education by the number of teachers at the same level of education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Austria
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63
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Austria | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
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1965
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1967
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1969
1970
1971 27.21207
1972 27.12961
1973 30.79548
1974 30.18892
1975 29.16014
1976 27.66547
1977 26.09417
1978 25.18208
1979 24.42726
1980 23.70444
1981 23.42778
1982 22.65294
1983 22.43253
1984 21.65977
1985 21.64476
1986 22.25542
1987 22.23204
1988 21.99806
1989 21.70653
1990 21.33414
1991 20.88423
1992 20.46772
1993 20.26791
1994 18.18161
1995 16.78911
1996 17.07066
1997 16.75732
1998 16.63873
1999 15.96409
2000
2001
2002 15.8013
2003 15.12515
2004 14.82778
2005 14.20749
2006 13.63871
2007 13.53305
2008 13.39389
2009 12.77952
2010 12.41306
2011 12.0153
2012 11.91715
2013 11.67849
2014 11.73775
2015 11.41381
2016 11.14827
2017 11.54012
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Austria | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school. Development relevance: The pupil-teacher ratio is often used to compare the quality of schooling across countries, but it is often weakly related to student learning and quality of education. Limitations and exceptions: The comparability of pupil-teacher ratios across countries is affected by the definition of teachers and by differences in class size by grade and in the number of hours taught, as well as the different practices countries employ such as part-time teachers, school shifts, and multi-grade classes. Moreover, the underlying enrollment levels are subject to a variety of reporting errors. Statistical concept and methodology: Pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of students at the specified level of education by the number of teachers at the same level of education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Austria
Records
63
Source