Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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
Fragile and conflict affected situations
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63
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Fragile and conflict affected situations | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
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21.23293 1970
21.56804 1971
21.34212 1972
21.31949 1973
21.7293 1974
22.09177 1975
22.17229 1976
22.42722 1977
22.71139 1978
22.60605 1979
22.2549 1980
22.36962 1981
22.33805 1982
21.77677 1983
21.26307 1984
21.23338 1985
20.51233 1986
19.76473 1987
19.08297 1988
18.78712 1989
18.21575 1990
18.04889 1991
18.14292 1992
18.10304 1993
18.44518 1994
18.77559 1995
19.28461 1996
19.77132 1997
20.30442 1998
20.80826 1999
20.58019 2000
20.37022 2001
20.30776 2002
20.04689 2003
20.44044 2004
20.20305 2005
20.09697 2006
19.49442 2007
19.77398 2008
19.66233 2009
19.65396 2010
19.50816 2011
19.40945 2012
19.32296 2013
19.39066 2014
19.17145 2015
19.04124 2016
19.01331 2017
19.02135 2018
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Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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
Fragile and conflict affected situations
Records
63
Source