Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
Source
Tanzania | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
46.75438 1970
45.88847 1971
45.52513 1972
46.59736 1973
49.05415 1974
53.55292 1975
49.77317 1976
50.16914 1977
46.17832 1978
41.53122 1979
1980
43.32876 1981
39.75104 1982
39.65096 1983
38.23891 1984
34.23583 1985
33.27616 1986
33.0851 1987
32.97371 1988
33.11856 1989
34.889 1990
35.77675 1991
35.57033 1992
36.70085 1993
36.54312 1994
36.83172 1995
36.21515 1996
36.91207 1997
38.01943 1998
40.28437 1999
2000
45.99111 2001
52.99786 2002
56.89936 2003
58.27379 2004
55.85542 2005
52.40834 2006
53.08766 2007
52.3892 2008
53.70457 2009
50.76274 2010
2011
45.83178 2012
43.44315 2013
43.06031 2014
2015
41.76673 2016
47.15284 2017
50.63304 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
Source