Pupil-teacher ratio in upper secondary education (UIS)

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Data type	Numeric
Scale	Metric
Value labels	Not applicable
Technical name	stud_teach_ratio_upsec_count_uis
Category	Education and training
Label	Pupil-teacher ratio in upper secondary education (UIS)
Related indicators	Pupil/Student to teacher ratio (CRC 1342) Pupil-teacher ratio in lower secondary education (headcount basis) (UIS) Pupil-teacher ratio in post-secondary non-tertiary education (UIS) Pupil-teacher ratio in pre-primary education (UIS) Pupil-teacher ratio in primary education (UIS) Pupil-teacher ratio in secondary education (UIS) Pupil-teacher ratio in tertiary education (UIS)

"Average number of pupils per teacher at a given level of education, based on headcounts of both pupils and teachers." (UIS). "A high pupil-teacher ratio suggests that each teacher has to be responsible for a large number of pupils. In other words, the higher the pupil/teacher ratio, the lower the relative access of pupils to teachers. It is generally assumed that a low pupil-teacher ratio signifies smaller classes, which enables the teacher to pay more attention to individual students, which may in the long run result in a better performance of the pupils." (UIS).

Coding rules

"Divide the total number of pupils enrolled at the specified level of education by the number of teachers at the same level." (UIS).

Bibliographic info

Citation: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), http://data.uis.unesco.org/, Last accessed: 2020.03.10

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Project manager(s): Fabian Besche-Truthe, Michael Windzio, Helen Seitzer

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