Burkina Faso - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Burkina Faso was 17.21 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 53.11 in 1975, while its lowest value was 17.21 in 2018.

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
1972 18.91
1975 53.11
1976 26.16
1981 25.47
1982 26.00
1983 25.52
1984 28.61
1985 25.84
1986 26.24
1987 26.70
1988 27.83
1989 31.10
1990 25.53
1991 28.25
1992 29.78
1993 29.42
1994 28.37
1995 28.68
1996 35.94
1997 40.20
1998 40.92
2007 23.60
2011 23.31
2012 23.56
2013 24.67
2015 22.30
2016 17.29
2017 17.58
2018 17.21

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