Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 23.79 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 27.27 in 2008, while its lowest value was 23.79 in 2017.

Definition: Lower secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in lower secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1998 24.31
1999 24.82
2000 24.55
2001 25.28
2002 25.84
2003 25.82
2004 26.72
2005 26.78
2006 26.96
2007 26.97
2008 27.27
2009 23.92
2010 26.71
2011 26.80
2012 26.63
2013 25.30
2014 24.92
2015 24.59
2016 24.18
2017 23.79

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