Malaysia - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Malaysia was 11.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 27.70 in 1976, while its lowest value was 11.40 in 2018.

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
1970 25.63
1971 25.97
1972 26.28
1975 27.35
1976 27.70
1977 27.18
1979 26.56
1980 22.76
1981 22.06
1982 21.19
1983 22.20
1984 22.82
1985 22.09
1986 21.94
1987 21.29
1988 20.93
1989 20.35
1990 19.34
1991 18.75
1992 18.18
1993 17.97
1994 18.61
1995 18.68
1996 18.96
1997 18.59
1998 19.32
2000 18.38
2001 17.89
2002 17.72
2003 17.75
2004 17.36
2005 16.27
2006 16.30
2007 14.97
2008 14.22
2009 13.65
2010 13.72
2011 13.58
2012 13.92
2013 13.28
2016 13.21
2017 12.28
2018 11.40

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