Colombia - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Colombia was 25.63 as of 2011. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 27.91 in 2009, while its lowest value was 17.01 in 1998.

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 18.15
1973 18.15
1974 20.31
1975 24.67
1976 25.96
1977 27.37
1978 25.12
1979 27.76
1980 25.86
1981 24.33
1982 25.19
1983 24.21
1984 27.33
1985 26.19
1986 24.07
1987 24.01
1988 23.90
1989 23.81
1991 23.73
1992 23.70
1993 24.37
1994 21.69
1995 20.75
1996 20.04
1998 17.01
1999 17.67
2000 20.06
2001 20.40
2002 21.09
2004 21.12
2005 22.20
2006 22.19
2007 21.96
2008 26.95
2009 27.91
2010 26.58
2011 25.63

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