Solomon Islands - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Solomon Islands was 25.41 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 26.78 in 1974, while its lowest value was 19.14 in 2012.

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 24.03
1971 23.72
1972 23.50
1973 23.38
1974 26.78
1975 26.35
1976 25.49
1977 24.69
1978 26.48
1979 25.33
1980 25.15
1981 24.98
1982 25.53
1983 25.15
1984 24.43
1985 25.88
1986 21.40
1990 19.37
1991 20.52
1992 21.41
1993 24.30
1994 24.06
1997 23.45
1999 19.25
2010 19.92
2011 19.53
2012 19.14
2013 20.60
2014 20.32
2015 25.73
2016 25.15
2017 25.78
2018 25.41

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