Guyana - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Guyana was 15.63 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 23.49 in 1991, while its lowest value was 13.71 in 1978.

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
1977 15.51
1978 13.71
1979 14.60
1980 13.90
1981 13.85
1982 16.80
1983 18.32
1985 19.43
1986 18.36
1988 18.23
1991 23.49
1992 18.81
1993 19.56
1994 19.76
1995 19.42
1996 16.33
1997 16.79
1999 17.74
2000 16.65
2001 16.07
2003 14.96
2005 16.13
2007 14.72
2008 14.88
2009 14.75
2010 14.06
2011 15.48
2012 15.63

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