Botswana - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Botswana was 23.71 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 36.48 in 1970, while its lowest value was 22.41 in 2014.

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
1970 36.48
1971 32.63
1972 33.10
1973 35.40
1974 34.04
1975 33.14
1976 32.03
1977 30.54
1978 31.34
1979 32.22
1980 32.34
1981 31.65
1982 32.44
1983 31.18
1984 30.88
1985 32.04
1986 32.21
1987 32.30
1988 32.25
1989 32.29
1990 31.66
1991 30.39
1992 28.81
1993 27.30
1994 26.44
1995 25.49
1997 28.14
1998 27.57
1999 26.99
2000 26.72
2001 26.63
2002 26.40
2003 26.06
2004 25.85
2005 25.55
2006 25.39
2007 25.22
2008 25.08
2009 25.51
2012 23.42
2013 22.62
2014 22.41
2015 23.71

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