Singapore - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Singapore was 14.69 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 32.67 in 1972, while its lowest value was 14.69 in 2017.

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 29.65
1971 29.92
1972 32.67
1973 31.01
1974 30.75
1975 30.47
1976 29.84
1977 29.61
1978 28.71
1979 27.72
1980 30.83
1981 30.00
1982 27.88
1983 29.31
1984 27.08
1985 26.83
1986 26.19
1987 25.65
1988 26.03
1989 25.79
1990 25.78
1991 26.44
1992 25.78
1993 24.42
1994 23.79
1995 25.27
1996 25.40
2007 21.14
2008 20.18
2009 18.22
2016 15.06
2017 14.69

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