Ecuador | 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 Ecuador
Records
63
Source
Ecuador | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 36.97997
1972 37.08638
1973 37.52643
1974 38.20217
1975 37.49028
1976 37.67877
1977 35.89868
1978 35.53701
1979 37.28132
1980 36.40746
1981 36.17253
1982 34.97651
1983 36.11976
1984 33.31607
1985 32.2522
1986 32.38547
1987 32.21246
1988 31.24253
1989 29.26967
1990 30.40775
1991 30.2485
1992 31.63678
1993 31.36302
1994 27.57674
1995 26.35151
1996 25.82958
1997 25.31028
1998 24.52709
1999 23.6912
2000 23.25134
2001 23.06638
2002 24.47064
2003 23.73489
2004 23.13241
2005 22.89619
2006 22.51506
2007 22.56566
2008
2009 23.18609
2010 21.98396
2011 21.89836
2012 22.07965
2013 23.29823
2014 24.70893
2015 25.10819
2016 25.09592
2017 24.48003
2018 24.26216
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2020
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Ecuador | 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 Ecuador
Records
63
Source