Czech Republic - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Czech Republic was 18.93 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 29.41 in 1983, while its lowest value was 15.66 in 2006.

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
1971 27.03
1972 27.03
1973 27.03
1974 27.03
1975 27.03
1976 27.03
1977 27.03
1978 29.41
1979 29.41
1981 29.41
1982 29.41
1983 29.41
1984 29.41
1985 29.41
1986 29.41
1987 29.41
1988 29.41
1989 25.64
1990 24.49
1991 23.10
1992 22.13
1993 19.23
1994 19.64
1995 20.19
1996 19.10
1998 17.67
1999 18.29
2000 16.89
2001 17.71
2002 17.35
2003 16.79
2004 16.41
2005 16.25
2006 15.66
2007 18.73
2008 18.48
2009 18.50
2010 18.71
2011 18.82
2012 18.97
2013 18.93

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