Burundi | 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
Republic of Burundi
Records
63
Source
Burundi | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 36.68174
1972 36.0012
1973 34.64138
1974 31.50771
1975 31.14162
1976 30.86378
1977 30.93946
1978 32.43649
1979 32.79685
1980 34.55094
1981 36.59854
1982 39.30084
1983 47.07764
1984 52.30521
1985 54.25925
1986 56.20973
1987 62.35171
1988 70.73732
1989 68.90551
1990 65.87336
1991 66.89942
1992 65.85671
1993 62.60442
1994
1995
1996 45.01689
1997
1998 47.85557
1999 55.41274
2000 55.35975
2001 50.19719
2002 49.07639
2003 49.90569
2004 51.24546
2005 48.70398
2006 54.18522
2007 51.99833
2008
2009 51.36121
2010 50.6021
2011 48.31143
2012 47.10468
2013 45.00022
2014 43.65376
2015 43.22109
2016 49.66066
2017 49.61434
2018 42.52383
2019
2020
2021
2022

Burundi | 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
Republic of Burundi
Records
63
Source