Problem
Excessive student-teacher ratio
Other Names:
Understaffing in schoolsInappropriate size of school classes
Nature:
Many of the problems concerning children are made worse by the high ratio of children to teachers in understaffed schools.
Incidence:
In American and western Europe, for example, a common ratio is 30 children to 1 teacher. It is generally recognized that a satisfactory ratio is no more than 10 children to 1 teacher, but this is affordable only by private or special schools, where parents pay fees.
Broader Problems:
Overcrowding in schoolsDebilitating education imagesInadequate working conditions of teachers Aggravates:
Children neglected by teachersDisruptive behaviour in schoolsParent-teacher non-communicationInadequate results of formal schoolingUnfruitful communication between student and teacher Strategies:
Improving teacher/student ratio Subject(s):
Education → EducatorsEducation → Schools
Education → Students
Social Activity → Human resources
Society → Class, caste, elites
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST