Nicaragua - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Nicaragua was 30.83 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 36.77 in 1977, while its lowest value was 23.64 in 1984.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 25.96
1971 25.94
1972 31.88
1973 31.37
1974 31.92
1975 34.75
1976 36.77
1977 36.77
1978 36.35
1979 31.35
1980 33.11
1982 33.30
1983 31.25
1984 23.64
1985 24.69
1986 24.00
1987 26.68
1988 23.74
1989 26.26
1999 31.00
2000 32.00
2001 33.31
2002 33.89
2004 32.42
2005 33.73
2006 32.82
2007 31.11
2008 28.59
2010 30.83

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