Mauritius - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Mauritius was 16.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 31.79 in 1970, while its lowest value was 16.20 in 2018.

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
1970 31.79
1971 31.64
1972 31.43
1973 29.33
1974 27.37
1975 26.00
1976 24.68
1977 23.14
1978 21.78
1979 19.82
1980 20.18
1981 20.41
1982 20.69
1983 21.12
1984 20.94
1985 21.82
1986 22.71
1987 22.16
1988 21.88
1989 21.81
1990 21.13
1991 21.23
1992 20.69
1993 21.17
1994 22.46
1995 23.92
1996 23.89
1997 24.44
1998 25.77
1999 26.14
2000 26.12
2001 24.93
2002 25.20
2003 23.06
2004 21.99
2005 22.34
2006 21.68
2007 21.51
2008 21.66
2009 21.62
2010 21.46
2011 20.36
2012 20.94
2013 19.79
2014 18.73
2015 18.82
2016 17.79
2017 17.94
2018 16.20

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