Colombia | 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 Colombia
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63
Source
Colombia | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
38.20769 1970
38.3984 1971
34.56653 1972
33.91222 1973
32.8813 1974
32.07068 1975
32.25021 1976
32.37915 1977
32.50871 1978
31.14374 1979
30.56291 1980
30.62569 1981
29.83356 1982
29.73447 1983
29.60797 1984
30.38614 1985
29.44692 1986
29.78139 1987
29.84056 1988
29.89499 1989
29.91953 1990
30.10601 1991
27.86149 1992
27.6851 1993
25.85626 1994
24.8125 1995
25.35665 1996
1997
23.29196 1998
24.02045 1999
26.45241 2000
26.01713 2001
26.81989 2002
2003
27.95172 2004
28.34839 2005
28.18322 2006
29.51974 2007
29.3957 2008
29.30908 2009
28.13107 2010
27.57965 2011
25.04796 2012
24.98364 2013
24.28676 2014
24.23937 2015
24.31808 2016
23.60132 2017
23.3015 2018
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2020
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Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source