Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Late-demographic dividend | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
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1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
13.73929 1970
14.39169 1971
14.94854 1972
14.9384 1973
14.63953 1974
14.83745 1975
15.51352 1976
16.14466 1977
16.48359 1978
16.16815 1979
15.67693 1980
15.35551 1981
14.86255 1982
14.78281 1983
14.82242 1984
14.9843 1985
15.08604 1986
15.0741 1987
14.89063 1988
14.47574 1989
14.14092 1990
14.08039 1991
14.21873 1992
14.31692 1993
14.38821 1994
14.71883 1995
14.97421 1996
15.28674 1997
15.40402 1998
15.37203 1999
15.82149 2000
16.64336 2001
16.76972 2002
16.46943 2003
16.37975 2004
16.25185 2005
16.09261 2006
15.59635 2007
15.27202 2008
15.10351 2009
14.91824 2010
14.67161 2011
14.28352 2012
14.80778 2013
14.3671 2014
14.02361 2015
13.75482 2016
13.58041 2017
13.50771 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source