Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
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23.21548 1972
23.60389 1973
24.11013 1974
24.41414 1975
24.70403 1976
24.99017 1977
24.95231 1978
25.12209 1979
25.6743 1980
26.0625 1981
24.9181 1982
25.62395 1983
25.56469 1984
26.39738 1985
25.16054 1986
24.38806 1987
23.4705 1988
23.16933 1989
23.40616 1990
23.42582 1991
23.39353 1992
23.49348 1993
23.79242 1994
24.63143 1995
24.76143 1996
25.02606 1997
25.32294 1998
25.38925 1999
25.13677 2000
25.14492 2001
25.57802 2002
25.4306 2003
26.51402 2004
26.72633 2005
25.63662 2006
24.92532 2007
23.98603 2008
23.51221 2009
23.57312 2010
21.58815 2011
23.50418 2012
21.95603 2013
21.39678 2014
21.00043 2015
21.49 2016
21.30319 2017
21.60546 2018
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source