Suriname - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Suriname was 13.39 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 36.93 in 1971, while its lowest value was 12.92 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
1971 36.93
1972 33.53
1973 32.50
1974 30.85
1975 30.54
1976 31.41
1977 28.83
1978 27.71
1979 27.72
1980 23.26
1981 26.59
1982 27.08
1983 25.22
1984 24.75
1985 25.44
1986 23.24
1987 23.15
1988 23.24
1989 22.53
1990 22.48
1991 22.37
1992 24.62
1993 21.42
2001 19.94
2002 19.45
2005 18.62
2006 15.99
2007 13.23
2008 15.99
2009 15.38
2010 14.95
2011 14.31
2012 13.99
2013 13.74
2014 13.39
2015 13.33
2016 13.35
2017 12.92
2018 13.39

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