East Asia & Pacific | 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).
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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, secondary
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1969
20.40194 1970
20.95485 1971
21.6182 1972
20.75158 1973
20.15272 1974
20.30488 1975
20.97378 1976
21.032 1977
20.90133 1978
20.38001 1979
19.44001 1980
18.79678 1981
18.10538 1982
17.8681 1983
17.86511 1984
18.12279 1985
18.0246 1986
17.85184 1987
17.36402 1988
16.61416 1989
15.72451 1990
15.62528 1991
15.71086 1992
15.73885 1993
15.75396 1994
16.17137 1995
16.58288 1996
17.07574 1997
17.18786 1998
17.12581 1999
17.62006 2000
18.62109 2001
18.47375 2002
18.35884 2003
18.22422 2004
17.81257 2005
17.30809 2006
16.57691 2007
16.13149 2008
16.03024 2009
15.73194 2010
15.90186 2011
15.72679 2012
15.97076 2013
15.53039 2014
15.08599 2015
14.67212 2016
14.74875 2017
14.75977 2018
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East Asia & Pacific | 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
East Asia & Pacific
Records
63
Source