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
1960
1961
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1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
31.58501 1977
27.70929 1978
26.67997 1979
28.3251 1980
26.83466 1981
1982
23.92886 1983
27.24104 1984
28.71786 1985
29.9454 1986
28.44922 1987
29.72905 1988
28.54599 1989
26.99361 1990
26.28848 1991
26.95358 1992
1993
24.28202 1994
24.15087 1995
1996
19.21188 1997
19.75614 1998
23.41325 1999
23.66847 2000
23.66742 2001
23.95276 2002
23.50322 2003
22.83249 2004
24.0725 2005
21.22016 2006
17.59527 2007
21.7792 2008
22.30456 2009
21.80981 2010
22.08541 2011
22.14664 2012
2013
21.09985 2014
20.54219 2015
20.81374 2016
20.62576 2017
20.26212 2018
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