Suriname - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Suriname was 11.98 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 19.12 in 1978, while its lowest value was 9.36 in 1986.

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
1971 17.19
1972 16.16
1973 15.75
1974 15.83
1975 17.31
1976 17.07
1977 16.82
1978 19.12
1979 18.41
1980 15.37
1982 15.07
1983 14.11
1985 14.85
1986 9.36
1987 10.85
1988 12.30
1989 13.50
1990 13.37
1991 13.52
1992 14.24
1993 12.07
2001 15.33
2002 15.14
2005 13.90
2006 14.08
2007 14.00
2009 13.31
2010 13.85
2011 13.42
2012 12.48
2013 12.75
2014 12.32
2015 11.98

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