Cyprus | 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 Cyprus
Records
63
Source
Cyprus | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 30.33333
1972 28.90849
1973 27.99215
1974 27.65737
1975 27.26131
1976 26.9405
1977 25.59686
1978 23.77845
1979 23.99867
1980 22.99045
1981 22.20748
1982 20.92374
1983 20.80054
1984 21.0054
1985 21.51726
1986 22.77356
1987 22.77666
1988 21.96193
1989 21.72401
1990 21.37772
1991 20.51548
1992 19.31041
1993 18.86012
1994 18.78096
1995 18.39116
1996 18.73117
1997 15.41195
1998
1999 18.26784
2000 17.72506
2001 17.19454
2002 19.02568
2003 18.94185
2004 17.60724
2005 17.72706
2006 16.46264
2007 15.63024
2008 14.75299
2009 14.2405
2010 13.75307
2011 13.44153
2012 13.77462
2013 13.59542
2014 13.39274
2015 11.91513
2016 11.86448
2017 12.03922
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Cyprus | 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 Cyprus
Records
63
Source