Honduras - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Honduras was 19.34 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 46.29 in 1982, while its lowest value was 14.34 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
1970 44.79
1971 44.98
1972 42.60
1973 42.87
1974 39.92
1975 39.74
1976 40.65
1977 40.81
1978 44.20
1979 41.97
1980 39.66
1981 40.74
1982 46.29
1983 37.77
1984 35.35
1986 36.54
1991 32.16
1993 29.22
2000 19.48
2004 19.60
2005 21.27
2006 25.75
2007 26.89
2008 29.38
2009 26.58
2013 14.34
2015 20.71
2016 19.34

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