Bahrain - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Bahrain was 14.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 42.14 in 1982, while its lowest value was 13.77 in 2017.

Definition: Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1978 32.92
1979 32.36
1980 31.18
1982 42.14
1983 31.58
1984 27.60
1985 32.83
1986 29.84
1987 27.93
1988 27.35
1989 30.18
1991 26.33
1992 26.26
1993 27.36
1994 25.88
1995 24.92
1996 27.34
1998 23.89
1999 21.31
2000 20.94
2001 21.14
2002 21.18
2003 20.88
2005 14.70
2006 15.95
2008 15.75
2009 15.90
2010 15.51
2011 15.65
2012 15.03
2013 14.62
2014 15.22
2015 14.99
2016 14.32
2017 13.77
2018 14.40

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.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

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).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs