Lesotho | 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
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source
Lesotho | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
46.55623 1970
21.29227 1971
19.54297 1972
1973
1974
23.60458 1975
23.32241 1976
22.14369 1977
21.16269 1978
20.93907 1979
19.47036 1980
19.69657 1981
18.8947 1982
19.09771 1983
19.61483 1984
19.68529 1985
20.13157 1986
20.91032 1987
20.95349 1988
20.08167 1989
1990
18.41496 1991
1992
21.69922 1993
23.50245 1994
1995
23.67338 1996
22.85307 1997
1998
22.24169 1999
22.06443 2000
22.9424 2001
23.19684 2002
23.17739 2003
25.12273 2004
27.03748 2005
25.79141 2006
25.39641 2007
23.75957 2008
23.33837 2009
24.48395 2010
24.76922 2011
24.69132 2012
24.13987 2013
23.46834 2014
23.95153 2015
23.16604 2016
25.34293 2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Lesotho | 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
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source