Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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32.91612 1970
32.84191 1971
32.49413 1972
33.345 1973
32.12982 1974
32.24263 1975
31.50185 1976
30.84299 1977
31.78403 1978
31.37767 1979
30.67144 1980
30.16444 1981
29.43576 1982
26.10093 1983
25.95679 1984
25.46184 1985
25.56636 1986
26.95056 1987
27.2168 1988
24.4286 1989
26.29986 1990
26.49598 1991
26.17547 1992
25.85368 1993
26.38096 1994
25.87607 1995
26.31954 1996
25.25473 1997
25.21488 1998
24.87611 1999
24.34276 2000
23.83349 2001
23.67198 2002
23.31166 2003
22.9917 2004
23.39561 2005
23.13481 2006
23.04397 2007
22.83999 2008
22.69942 2009
23.0273 2010
22.35698 2011
21.39288 2012
21.89897 2013
22.03949 2014
22.25553 2015
22.63736 2016
23.17948 2017
23.00915 2018
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source