Madagascar - Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in Madagascar was 24.76 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 69.47 in 1980, while its lowest value was 13.96 in 1977.

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

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

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Year Value
1971 18.10
1973 19.65
1977 13.96
1978 17.58
1979 29.13
1980 69.47
1981 50.18
1982 50.85
1983 46.17
1984 35.59
1985 35.64
1986 49.56
1987 39.71
1988 36.82
1989 37.12
1990 38.59
1991 38.15
1993 49.92
1994 40.84
1996 29.86
1997 26.74
1998 24.16
1999 20.94
2000 18.56
2001 21.78
2002 17.19
2003 21.22
2004 27.01
2005 25.50
2006 22.19
2007 19.23
2008 17.60
2009 16.26
2010 16.57
2011 18.57
2012 20.33
2013 26.76
2014 18.82
2015 18.68
2016 24.38
2017 23.63
2018 24.76

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