Botswana - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Botswana was 13.82 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 21.58 in 1985, while its lowest value was 13.78 in 2005.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 14.72
1971 14.79
1972 15.05
1973 17.80
1974 16.84
1975 16.61
1976 17.69
1977 19.28
1978 16.85
1980 18.44
1981 15.98
1984 19.75
1985 21.58
1986 19.37
1987 19.30
1988 17.18
1989 17.63
1990 16.62
1991 18.09
1992 17.99
1993 17.83
1994 16.78
1995 16.66
1998 17.06
1999 16.66
2000 16.40
2001 15.73
2002 15.23
2003 14.83
2004 13.83
2005 13.78
2006 13.88
2007 13.82

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