Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
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13.3382 1970
13.55506 1971
13.83136 1972
14.25333 1973
14.55326 1974
14.89438 1975
15.07845 1976
15.10078 1977
15.301 1978
15.23993 1979
15.4875 1980
15.61047 1981
15.72416 1982
15.82128 1983
15.89084 1984
15.84628 1985
15.93238 1986
15.88637 1987
15.9377 1988
16.04023 1989
16.12256 1990
16.27462 1991
16.44044 1992
16.61881 1993
16.74029 1994
17.01382 1995
17.08467 1996
17.28014 1997
17.41988 1998
17.46206 1999
17.74447 2000
18.438 2001
18.44658 2002
17.28664 2003
17.15479 2004
16.86362 2005
17.60748 2006
18.1657 2007
17.47938 2008
17.49306 2009
17.26036 2010
17.06215 2011
16.89054 2012
17.30006 2013
16.57641 2014
16.49783 2015
16.53588 2016
16.61526 2017
16.60104 2018
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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
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