Malta - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Malta was 11.79 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 24.38 in 1986, while its lowest value was 9.78 in 2005.

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
1973 18.39
1974 17.75
1976 15.36
1977 17.34
1980 17.97
1981 17.97
1982 18.87
1983 21.06
1984 18.71
1985 19.14
1986 24.38
1987 23.34
1988 21.89
1989 21.28
1990 17.94
1991 16.44
1992 17.01
1993 17.25
1994 16.54
1995 14.55
1996 13.66
1997 13.48
1998 12.82
1999 12.55
2000 11.00
2001 10.59
2002 11.09
2003 10.69
2004 11.16
2005 9.78
2006 12.02
2007 11.80
2008 14.31
2009 11.29
2010 14.17
2011 12.43
2012 12.68
2013 13.04
2014 13.19
2015 12.60
2016 12.06
2017 11.79

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