Tunisia - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Tunisia was 13.62 as of 2011. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 28.42 in 1972, while its lowest value was 13.29 in 2010.

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 27.81
1972 28.42
1973 27.41
1974 24.59
1975 22.91
1976 23.02
1977 21.79
1978 19.61
1979 20.40
1980 20.21
1981 19.24
1982 19.28
1983 19.18
1984 18.91
1985 18.41
1986 18.13
1987 17.36
1988 17.13
1989 17.81
1990 17.32
1991 17.08
1992 16.94
1993 17.50
1994 18.44
1995 18.01
1999 18.75
2000 18.99
2001 18.83
2002 20.07
2004 17.58
2005 17.24
2006 16.88
2007 16.16
2008 15.18
2009 13.86
2010 13.29
2011 13.62

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