Seychelles - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Seychelles was 10.78 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 21.84 in 1974, while its lowest value was 10.78 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 19.66
1971 20.65
1972 20.81
1973 20.77
1974 21.84
1975 21.34
1978 19.10
1979 17.86
1993 12.40
1994 12.26
1995 12.56
1996 13.21
1998 14.46
1999 14.14
2000 14.58
2001 14.31
2002 13.20
2003 13.68
2004 13.49
2005 14.43
2006 13.21
2007 13.99
2008 14.46
2009 13.13
2010 12.76
2011 11.80
2012 12.86
2013 12.36
2014 13.23
2015 11.98
2016 11.63
2017 11.59
2018 10.78

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