China | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
China | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
20.59747 1970
21.83943 1971
23.00333 1972
21.2371 1973
19.93684 1974
20.09417 1975
20.95925 1976
21.02231 1977
20.9199 1978
20.22543 1979
18.88137 1980
17.90215 1981
16.66647 1982
16.38346 1983
16.41878 1984
17.07836 1985
16.9997 1986
16.89917 1987
16.35938 1988
15.31392 1989
14.60696 1990
14.42533 1991
14.52494 1992
14.58926 1993
14.48036 1994
15.07365 1995
15.56384 1996
16.18689 1997
1998
1999
17.10846 2000
18.9229 2001
18.92909 2002
18.61115 2003
2004
2005
17.54954 2006
16.36853 2007
15.99176 2008
15.71505 2009
15.46166 2010
15.15325 2011
14.50326 2012
15.14167 2013
14.27963 2014
13.81544 2015
13.49871 2016
13.30917 2017
13.25879 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
China | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source