Cameroon | 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 Cameroon
Records
63
Source
Cameroon | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
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1967
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1969
1970
1971
1972
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1975
1976
1977 31.58501
1978 27.70929
1979 26.67997
1980 28.3251
1981 26.83466
1982
1983 23.92886
1984 27.24104
1985 28.71786
1986 29.9454
1987 28.44922
1988 29.72905
1989 28.54599
1990 26.99361
1991 26.28848
1992 26.95358
1993
1994 24.28202
1995 24.15087
1996
1997 19.21188
1998 19.75614
1999 23.41325
2000 23.66847
2001 23.66742
2002 23.95276
2003 23.50322
2004 22.83249
2005 24.0725
2006 21.22016
2007 17.59527
2008 21.7792
2009 22.30456
2010 21.80981
2011 22.08541
2012 22.14664
2013
2014 21.09985
2015 20.54219
2016 20.81374
2017 20.62576
2018 20.26212
2019
2020
2021
2022

Cameroon | 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 Cameroon
Records
63
Source