Syrian Arab Republic - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Syrian Arab Republic was 15.91 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 36.57 in 1971, while its lowest value was 15.91 in 2013.

Definition: Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 36.57
1972 34.84
1973 32.82
1974 32.61
1975 33.55
1976 33.08
1977 33.44
1978 31.44
1979 31.15
1980 30.99
1981 31.06
1982 32.06
1983 32.17
1984 33.18
1985 34.78
1986 30.57
1987 28.74
1988 28.87
1989 27.86
1990 25.82
1991 26.76
1992 26.41
1993 23.06
1994 22.52
1995 22.37
1996 21.85
1997 22.17
1998 21.78
1999 23.54
2000 25.70
2001 24.54
2002 25.65
2003 21.77
2004 21.82
2005 21.97
2006 23.77
2007 23.60
2008 18.74
2009 17.18
2010 19.64
2011 18.66
2013 15.91

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