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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1972 21.73703
1973 21.76131
1974 21.76084
1975 23.07027
1976 22.85298
1977 22.4018
1978 22.36968
1979 21.76458
1980 21.96468
1981 22.10791
1982 23.05265
1983 22.71121
1984 23.40725
1985 23.35344
1986 23.19512
1987 23.33911
1988 23.19729
1989 23.066
1990 23.081
1991 22.48302
1992 22.65729
1993 22.63316
1994 22.19683
1995 22.22028
1996 21.59139
1997 21.3258
1998 20.69674
1999 20.32186
2000 19.21318
2001 19.61739
2002 20.27564
2003 19.71392
2004 19.94354
2005 19.55811
2006 20.06499
2007 20.09221
2008 20.81789
2009 21.39703
2010 21.17729
2011 19.97494
2012 18.71089
2013 18.41827
2014 19.31791
2015 19.63288
2016 20.34415
2017 20.30969
2018 20.95591
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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