Seychelles - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Seychelles was 18.24 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 38.05 in 1974, while its lowest value was 12.65 in 2010.

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
1973 37.61
1974 38.05
1978 27.66
1979 22.85
1980 28.22
1981 30.94
1982 29.14
1983 31.03
1984 28.27
1985 29.17
1986 26.22
1987 24.01
1988 19.65
1989 19.98
1991 18.61
1992 18.18
1993 17.86
1994 18.10
1995 18.47
1996 18.12
1998 17.03
1999 16.47
2000 14.88
2001 14.23
2002 13.89
2003 14.71
2004 15.02
2005 14.95
2006 15.18
2007 14.84
2008 14.19
2009 15.17
2010 12.65
2011 16.66
2012 17.45
2013 15.08
2014 16.56
2015 17.56
2016 16.68
2017 16.35
2018 18.24

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