Czech Republic - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Czech Republic was 13.89 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 18.44 in 2000, while its lowest value was 10.61 in 1993.

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 13.07
1972 13.05
1973 13.08
1974 13.21
1975 13.38
1976 13.52
1977 14.25
1978 14.78
1979 14.98
1980 14.99
1981 14.90
1982 15.03
1983 14.38
1984 14.30
1985 14.48
1986 14.58
1987 14.11
1988 13.41
1989 12.71
1990 12.43
1991 10.97
1992 10.82
1993 10.61
1994 12.03
1995 11.24
1996 11.67
1999 18.31
2000 18.44
2001 12.56
2002 12.62
2003 12.80
2004 12.85
2005 12.99
2006 11.75
2007 13.59
2008 13.69
2009 13.83
2010 13.90
2011 13.91
2012 13.94
2013 13.89

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