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
1970 46.75438
1971 45.88847
1972 45.52513
1973 46.59736
1974 49.05415
1975 53.55292
1976 49.77317
1977 50.16914
1978 46.17832
1979 41.53122
1980
1981 43.32876
1982 39.75104
1983 39.65096
1984 38.23891
1985 34.23583
1986 33.27616
1987 33.0851
1988 32.97371
1989 33.11856
1990 34.889
1991 35.77675
1992 35.57033
1993 36.70085
1994 36.54312
1995 36.83172
1996 36.21515
1997 36.91207
1998 38.01943
1999 40.28437
2000
2001 45.99111
2002 52.99786
2003 56.89936
2004 58.27379
2005 55.85542
2006 52.40834
2007 53.08766
2008 52.3892
2009 53.70457
2010 50.76274
2011
2012 45.83178
2013 43.44315
2014 43.06031
2015
2016 41.76673
2017 47.15284
2018 50.63304
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