East Asia & Pacific | 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).
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The World Bank
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East Asia & Pacific
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63
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East Asia & Pacific | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
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1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 29.72213
1971 29.88888
1972 28.55831
1973 29.27945
1974 29.43986
1975 29.63296
1976 29.47242
1977 29.53323
1978 29.27433
1979 29.19023
1980 28.51215
1981 27.94111
1982 27.16429
1983 26.58446
1984 26.07273
1985 25.98704
1986 25.56154
1987 25.15158
1988 24.57088
1989 24.00196
1990 23.51734
1991 23.3779
1992 23.41051
1993 23.45646
1994 23.5636
1995 23.70778
1996 23.93948
1997 24.15827
1998 24.4615
1999 24.33867
2000 23.821
2001 23.16444
2002 22.35288
2003 20.43202
2004 20.82951
2005 20.21877
2006 19.6508
2007 19.15573
2008 19.22901
2009 18.76306
2010 18.40429
2011 18.29799
2012 18.24173
2013 17.73742
2014 17.43074
2015 17.20192
2016 16.96202
2017 17.41387
2018 17.53589
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East Asia & Pacific | 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
East Asia & Pacific
Records
63
Source