St. Lucia | 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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Saint Lucia
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63
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St. Lucia | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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28.63739 1972
32.87817 1973
31.86323 1974
31.65397 1975
31.33158 1976
32.6283 1977
32.62434 1978
31.47247 1979
32.49469 1980
30.93521 1981
30.82905 1982
32.27919 1983
29.619 1984
29.83921 1985
30.27399 1986
29.73527 1987
30.77767 1988
30.60998 1989
29.15391 1990
29.2866 1991
27.62235 1992
27.03073 1993
27.19591 1994
26.69527 1995
26.43559 1996
26.04201 1997
26.84936 1998
21.90154 1999
23.23281 2000
24.22148 2001
22.87259 2002
22.27833 2003
22.68667 2004
21.96925 2005
23.52838 2006
22.73271 2007
21.409 2008
19.96736 2009
18.53758 2010
17.64146 2011
17.24099 2012
16.66479 2013
14.21546 2014
15.4614 2015
15.12879 2016
15.2315 2017
14.73909 2018
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St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source