Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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63
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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
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26.35164 1970
25.72848 1971
25.85893 1972
25.90457 1973
25.83653 1974
26.86166 1975
27.03707 1976
27.13498 1977
26.74137 1978
27.13444 1979
26.44428 1980
26.08876 1981
26.48105 1982
26.45542 1983
25.73784 1984
25.42328 1985
25.64252 1986
24.80891 1987
24.31804 1988
23.95523 1989
23.03963 1990
22.17009 1991
22.44681 1992
22.26161 1993
21.4922 1994
21.15785 1995
20.64768 1996
20.18649 1997
21.96197 1998
20.41032 1999
20.55207 2000
19.4843 2001
20.33127 2002
18.68348 2003
19.98791 2004
19.52438 2005
20.29478 2006
19.93233 2007
19.86734 2008
19.36692 2009
18.76336 2010
18.06307 2011
17.5225 2012
20.75762 2013
20.79113 2014
20.57204 2015
20.53344 2016
20.46103 2017
20.40106 2018
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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source