Malta | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary 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
Republic of Malta
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63
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Malta | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
1962
1963
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1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 25.50733
1972 25.09853
1973 24.159
1974 18.95751
1975
1976 20.99507
1977 20.18509
1978
1979
1980 20.68069
1981 21.4974
1982 20.89861
1983 20.70324
1984 24.4335
1985 23.25082
1986 23.62451
1987 23.88034
1988 23.25954
1989 21.78292
1990 23.12055
1991 22.96142
1992 23.53104
1993 22.83655
1994 22.39772
1995 21.97555
1996 21.80037
1997 21.11881
1998 20.85216
1999 19.62563
2000 19.14022
2001 18.99717
2002 19.06585
2003 18.17192
2004 18.78114
2005 18.40547
2006 17.95282
2007 16.85152
2008 17.52094
2009
2010 14.29348
2011 12.61131
2012 11.45141
2013 13.89999
2014 13.38202
2015 13.49445
2016 13.02685
2017 12.93931
2018
2019
2020
2021
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Malta | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary 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
Republic of Malta
Records
63
Source