Romania - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Romania was 15.19 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 26.71 in 1990, while its lowest value was 15.19 in 2017.

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
1971 23.73
1972 25.10
1973 25.48
1974 25.50
1975 24.26
1976 24.04
1977 23.57
1978 23.89
1979 23.80
1980 24.14
1981 24.30
1982 23.89
1983 25.82
1984 25.99
1985 26.10
1986 25.78
1987 25.50
1988 26.46
1989 26.64
1990 26.71
1991 20.32
1992 20.43
1993 20.63
1994 19.09
1995 19.03
1996 17.93
1997 16.83
1998 17.01
1999 17.09
2000 17.30
2001 17.96
2002 17.79
2003 18.35
2004 18.41
2005 18.28
2006 18.13
2007 17.75
2008 17.41
2009 17.07
2010 17.38
2011 18.04
2012 18.02
2013 16.57
2014 16.05
2015 15.94
2016 15.46
2017 15.19

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