Egypt - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Egypt was 15.16 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 29.69 in 1977, while its lowest value was 12.13 in 2009.

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
1971 24.98
1972 26.63
1974 28.32
1975 28.54
1976 27.62
1977 29.69
1978 28.12
1979 26.78
1980 25.09
1981 24.01
1982 25.51
1983 22.72
1984 22.81
1986 20.40
1987 19.41
1988 17.95
1990 21.31
1991 19.20
1992 18.66
1993 18.59
1994 19.84
1995 18.42
1996 16.64
1997 15.82
1999 16.90
2000 16.95
2001 16.96
2002 17.39
2003 17.28
2004 17.08
2009 12.13
2016 14.79
2017 15.21
2018 15.16

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