Burkina Faso | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary 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).
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The World Bank
Origin
Burkina Faso
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63
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Burkina Faso | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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1965
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1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 44.4519
1972 47.15783
1973 47.18339
1974 45.03279
1975 47.49876
1976 47.10611
1977 47.78169
1978 49.92135
1979 52.32026
1980 52.9596
1981 54.48514
1982 59.78713
1983 60.34866
1984 57.70058
1985 56.49009
1986 57.7585
1987 67.54567
1988 64.77544
1989 57.35904
1990 55.1772
1991 56.65663
1992 57.83011
1993 59.77943
1994 58.25553
1995 50.97969
1996 49.93909
1997
1998 46.50149
1999 49.00318
2000 48.8764
2001 47.4189
2002 45.37812
2003 44.65893
2004 48.69293
2005 47.17637
2006 45.83142
2007 47.65745
2008 48.92155
2009 48.90026
2010 52.39988
2011 52.68641
2012 48.23903
2013 46.09623
2014 44.49899
2015 42.17715
2016 41.54927
2017 40.68126
2018 39.72173
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Burkina Faso | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary 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
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source