Middle East & North Africa | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary 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
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Middle East & North Africa | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
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21.73703 1972
21.76131 1973
21.76084 1974
23.07027 1975
22.85298 1976
22.4018 1977
22.36968 1978
21.76458 1979
21.96468 1980
22.10791 1981
23.05265 1982
22.71121 1983
23.40725 1984
23.35344 1985
23.19512 1986
23.33911 1987
23.19729 1988
23.066 1989
23.081 1990
22.48302 1991
22.65729 1992
22.63316 1993
22.19683 1994
22.22028 1995
21.59139 1996
21.3258 1997
20.69674 1998
20.32186 1999
19.21318 2000
19.61739 2001
20.27564 2002
19.71392 2003
19.94354 2004
19.55811 2005
20.06499 2006
20.09221 2007
20.81789 2008
21.39703 2009
21.17729 2010
19.97494 2011
18.71089 2012
18.41827 2013
19.31791 2014
19.63288 2015
20.34415 2016
20.30969 2017
20.95591 2018
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Middle East & North Africa | Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary
Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary 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
Records
63
Source