Zimbabwe - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Zimbabwe was 36.41 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 45.38 in 1981, while its lowest value was 35.78 in 1990.

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

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

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Year Value
1973 40.88
1974 40.65
1975 40.69
1976 40.49
1977 40.09
1978 36.66
1979 45.01
1980 43.92
1981 45.38
1982 41.91
1983 38.93
1984 39.39
1985 39.51
1986 38.83
1987 39.37
1988 38.24
1989 38.22
1990 35.78
1991 39.18
1992 37.83
1993 39.51
1995 39.11
1996 39.14
1997 39.29
1998 37.28
1999 41.02
2000 37.04
2001 38.10
2002 39.42
2003 38.56
2012 35.86
2013 36.41

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