Cameroon - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Cameroon was 20.26 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 31.59 in 1977, while its lowest value was 17.60 in 2007.

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
1977 31.59
1978 27.71
1979 26.68
1980 28.33
1981 26.83
1983 23.93
1984 27.24
1985 28.72
1986 29.95
1987 28.45
1988 29.73
1989 28.55
1990 26.99
1991 26.29
1992 26.95
1994 24.28
1995 24.15
1997 19.21
1998 19.76
1999 23.41
2000 23.67
2001 23.67
2002 23.95
2003 23.50
2004 22.83
2005 24.07
2006 21.22
2007 17.60
2008 21.78
2009 22.30
2010 21.81
2011 22.09
2012 22.15
2014 21.10
2015 20.54
2016 20.81
2017 20.63
2018 20.26

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