South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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).
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The World Bank
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
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63
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
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1969
22.04624 1970
22.03838 1971
21.65426 1972
21.44032 1973
21.53651 1974
21.66355 1975
21.91791 1976
22.31925 1977
22.60394 1978
23.02306 1979
23.59884 1980
23.92661 1981
24.42115 1982
24.86232 1983
25.26786 1984
25.8411 1985
26.26825 1986
26.63441 1987
27.02872 1988
27.44692 1989
27.69485 1990
28.19097 1991
28.67432 1992
29.30353 1993
29.84336 1994
30.39654 1995
30.8882 1996
31.41292 1997
31.84932 1998
32.33524 1999
32.47387 2000
32.35375 2001
31.25232 2002
31.09285 2003
31.12799 2004
29.3956 2005
28.3779 2006
27.29504 2007
26.36226 2008
25.23992 2009
25.37949 2010
25.9675 2011
25.91948 2012
29.92496 2013
30.60243 2014
30.44821 2015
28.20535 2016
26.97132 2017
27.19053 2018
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source