Syrian Arab Republic - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Syrian Arab Republic was 25.33 as of 2002. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 36.80 in 1971, while its lowest value was 22.92 in 1998.

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 36.80
1972 36.02
1973 36.32
1974 36.75
1975 34.62
1976 33.86
1977 32.73
1978 32.00
1979 30.50
1980 29.44
1981 28.11
1982 27.79
1983 27.27
1984 27.20
1985 27.06
1986 25.89
1987 25.22
1988 26.49
1989 26.92
1990 26.12
1991 25.07
1992 24.74
1993 24.24
1994 23.73
1995 23.38
1996 23.54
1997 23.46
1998 22.92
1999 24.93
2000 24.78
2001 24.12
2002 25.33

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