Caribbean small states - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Caribbean small states was 12.21 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 29.37 in 1976, while its lowest value was 12.21 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
1973 23.88
1974 24.52
1975 27.25
1976 29.37
1977 28.71
1978 27.25
1979 27.79
1980 27.25
1981 26.23
1982 27.53
1983 28.19
1984 28.09
1985 28.12
1986 28.23
1987 28.01
1988 25.75
1989 26.97
1990 28.15
1991 26.48
1992 25.00
1993 24.50
1994 23.77
1995 23.01
1996 21.73
1997 21.23
1998 20.68
1999 20.12
2000 19.51
2001 18.94
2002 19.20
2003 18.35
2004 18.58
2005 18.89
2006 18.98
2007 18.90
2008 18.16
2009 17.38
2010 16.73
2011 16.09
2012 15.44
2013 14.20
2014 13.82
2015 12.90
2016 12.30
2017 12.22
2018 12.21

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