Suite - Unesco

Domain/Indicator 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
Pupil-classroom ratio (overall) 55 56 52
In rural schools
Pupil-textbook ratio (math & language
books)
Number of teachers (Total/female) 45.475 47.260 57.024
Civil servants (Total/female) 32.458 31.030 29.372
Civil servants as % of total (Total/female) 71.4% 65.7% 51.5%
Average annual wage bill per teacher
(including benefits) as a % of GDP per
capita
Civil servants 4.7 x GDP per capita
Non-civil service teachers 0.9 x GDP per capita
Instructional hours and teaching loads
Annual instructional hours for pupils 891 891 891 891
Average pupils’ instructional hours per
week
Average teachers’ teaching load per week
(hours)
Public spending on education
Public expenditure on education as a share of
total public expenditure
Education Budget as a share of general
budget
20 20 20 20
15.9% 13.0% 18.1% 15.3%
Education Budget per GDP 3.0% 3.3% 3.8% 3.3%
Recurrent spending on education (all levels) 20.5% 19.2% 23.9% 22.5%