Brunei - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Brunei was 15.43 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 25.10 in 1978, while its lowest value was 12.07 in 2011.

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
1978 25.10
1979 21.17
1980 20.86
1981 19.54
1982 20.76
1983 21.86
1984 21.09
1985 22.01
1986 20.30
1987 20.26
1991 20.57
1992 20.95
1993 21.80
1994 21.18
1995 21.83
1998 21.35
1999 19.98
2000 20.50
2001 21.51
2002 20.17
2003 19.54
2004 23.02
2005 19.24
2006 18.66
2007 21.15
2008 19.56
2009 21.83
2010 19.64
2011 12.07
2012 13.60
2013 13.44
2014 17.02
2015 17.07
2016 15.38
2017 16.22
2018 15.43

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