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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1970
44.4519 1971
47.15783 1972
47.18339 1973
45.03279 1974
47.49876 1975
47.10611 1976
47.78169 1977
49.92135 1978
52.32026 1979
52.9596 1980
54.48514 1981
59.78713 1982
60.34866 1983
57.70058 1984
56.49009 1985
57.7585 1986
67.54567 1987
64.77544 1988
57.35904 1989
55.1772 1990
56.65663 1991
57.83011 1992
59.77943 1993
58.25553 1994
50.97969 1995
49.93909 1996
1997
46.50149 1998
49.00318 1999
48.8764 2000
47.4189 2001
45.37812 2002
44.65893 2003
48.69293 2004
47.17637 2005
45.83142 2006
47.65745 2007
48.92155 2008
48.90026 2009
52.39988 2010
52.68641 2011
48.23903 2012
46.09623 2013
44.49899 2014
42.17715 2015
41.54927 2016
40.68126 2017
39.72173 2018
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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