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