Ireland - Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in Ireland was 15.39 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 17.30 in 1993, while its lowest value was 9.15 in 1975.

Definition: Tertiary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in tertiary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 11.55
1973 11.36
1974 10.08
1975 9.15
1976 11.30
1977 12.22
1978 12.19
1979 11.23
1980 10.89
1982 10.74
1983 13.34
1984 11.27
1985 11.70
1986 11.71
1987 13.68
1988 14.79
1989 15.95
1990 16.04
1991 16.13
1992 17.05
1993 17.30
1994 13.69
1995 13.99
1996 14.12
1997 14.99
1998 14.79
1999 14.73
2000 14.74
2001 14.06
2002 15.21
2003 14.25
2004 13.21
2005 16.04
2006 15.38
2007 15.36
2008 12.77
2009 14.19
2010 15.39

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