Nicaragua - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Nicaragua was 21.19 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 35.92 in 1984, while its lowest value was 19.99 in 2008.

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
1980 33.03
1982 31.79
1983 35.33
1984 35.92
1985 31.66
1986 32.20
1987 31.23
1988 32.76
1989 30.41
1990 33.39
1991 33.09
1992 31.74
1993 31.72
1994 28.50
1996 31.46
1997 29.42
1998 31.00
1999 25.82
2000 25.97
2001 25.33
2002 24.82
2003 21.96
2004 21.96
2005 25.33
2006 24.60
2007 22.17
2008 19.99
2010 21.19

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