Colombia | 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
Republic of Colombia
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63
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Colombia | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 17.16569
1971 18.32271
1972 19.32063
1973 18.70961
1974 19.36182
1975 19.45419
1976 19.75379
1977 20.26675
1978 20.39189
1979 20.34494
1980 20.35816
1981 20.21892
1982 20.14648
1983 20.18309
1984 20.28568
1985 20.15015
1986 19.94919
1987 19.90078
1988 19.88935
1989 19.8784
1990
1991 19.85892
1992 20.58411
1993 21.08985
1994 20.94314
1995 21.0487
1996 19.15089
1997
1998
1999 17.91693
2000 19.19542
2001
2002 20.92474
2003
2004 24.64723
2005 26.17165
2006 27.36572
2007 25.2348
2008
2009 26.65632
2010 27.14634
2011 25.58137
2012 25.39509
2013 25.49841
2014 24.90129
2015 26.47999
2016 26.18799
2017 26.01138
2018 25.91073
2019
2020
2021
2022

Colombia | 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
Republic of Colombia
Records
63
Source