Euro area | 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
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Euro area
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Euro area | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
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1970 14.79804
1971 14.81115
1972 14.69181
1973 15.21397
1974 15.01289
1975 14.77264
1976 14.52998
1977 14.34878
1978 14.33293
1979 14.15808
1980 14.00067
1981 13.86248
1982 13.73277
1983 13.63993
1984 13.52485
1985 13.36573
1986 13.38032
1987 13.24881
1988 13.053
1989 12.91182
1990 12.55881
1991 12.33109
1992 12.24719
1993 12.22488
1994 12.36015
1995 12.70879
1996 12.68141
1997 12.62999
1998 12.40811
1999 12.30762
2000 11.96365
2001 11.77876
2002 11.72299
2003 11.73991
2004 11.62293
2005 11.5366
2006 11.60191
2007 11.38974
2008 11.38713
2009 11.40097
2010 11.42377
2011 11.46512
2012 11.55823
2013 11.75595
2014 11.74737
2015 11.73668
2016 11.42687
2017 11.42341
2018 11.42415
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Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source