Bangladesh - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Bangladesh was 35.10 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 38.43 in 2000, while its lowest value was 22.34 in 1979.

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

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

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Year Value
1973 24.07
1979 22.34
1980 23.76
1983 25.97
1985 27.73
1986 28.91
1987 29.09
1988 26.77
1989 26.12
1990 27.44
1998 36.31
1999 37.41
2000 38.43
2001 37.50
2002 34.37
2003 31.08
2004 27.37
2005 23.92
2006 25.05
2007 25.24
2008 27.07
2009 28.16
2010 28.33
2011 30.62
2012 32.24
2013 35.20
2016 36.19
2017 33.98
2018 35.10

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