Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
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13.91574 1970
14.16065 1971
14.44469 1972
14.83846 1973
15.08065 1974
15.38792 1975
15.48948 1976
15.54109 1977
15.86864 1978
15.5959 1979
15.81014 1980
15.94603 1981
16.07542 1982
16.21331 1983
16.28136 1984
16.42641 1985
16.34685 1986
16.29846 1987
16.37773 1988
16.49702 1989
16.59482 1990
16.76116 1991
16.92607 1992
17.07407 1993
17.1771 1994
17.37002 1995
17.45597 1996
17.5698 1997
17.7113 1998
17.74227 1999
18.01969 2000
18.76218 2001
18.81616 2002
17.6023 2003
17.44389 2004
17.14483 2005
17.91904 2006
18.49472 2007
17.76674 2008
17.74325 2009
17.50221 2010
17.27736 2011
17.08228 2012
17.46553 2013
16.69484 2014
16.56983 2015
16.5865 2016
16.67372 2017
16.65098 2018
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
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