Philippines - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Philippines was 23.88 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 38.33 in 2002, while its lowest value was 23.52 in 2016.

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

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

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Year Value
1971 33.08
1972 30.28
1973 29.16
1974 28.31
1975 29.77
1976 31.49
1978 33.63
1981 34.14
1982 34.35
1983 34.26
1984 34.98
1985 32.11
1986 32.31
1987 33.84
1988 34.06
1989 33.45
1990 33.35
1991 33.09
1992 32.45
1994 34.03
1995 36.20
1997 31.60
1998 33.62
1999 34.07
2001 36.39
2002 38.33
2003 37.09
2004 37.54
2005 37.87
2006 37.27
2007 35.13
2009 34.81
2014 26.99
2015 26.23
2016 23.52
2017 23.88

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