Korea, Rep. | 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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Republic of Korea
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63
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Korea, Rep. | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
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36.50862 1971
36.47457 1972
36.64014 1973
36.75119 1974
37.21392 1975
37.12532 1976
37.65171 1977
37.91506 1978
36.505 1979
38.14378 1980
39.1241 1981
37.19168 1982
36.44087 1983
36.32986 1984
35.8937 1985
35.01423 1986
34.31584 1987
32.0807 1988
30.4227 1989
27.66815 1990
25.22939 1991
23.52934 1992
23.15899 1993
23.76735 1994
24.59969 1995
24.68461 1996
23.68339 1997
22.6941 1998
22.12852 1999
21.02036 2000
19.90796 2001
18.2354 2002
17.68318 2003
17.80924 2004
18.10403 2005
18.03688 2006
18.10598 2007
18.05288 2008
18.01945 2009
17.63652 2010
16.2053 2011
15.97947 2012
15.61105 2013
14.91446 2014
14.40724 2015
13.84298 2016
13.26544 2017
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Korea, Rep. | 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
Republic of Korea
Records
63
Source