National statistics on persons employed for the first time in an official teaching capacity at the lower secondary school level. The data covers country-specific counts of new teachers, as defined and reported by national authorities. It is provided by the Global Partnership for Education and sourced from the World Bank.
Use Cases
- Analyze national trends in new teacher recruitment for lower secondary education using the reported count field.
- Compare country-specific definitions and targets for new teachers as stated in the metadata.
- Model the relationship between new teacher counts and other national education indicators.
- Assess workforce entry rates by examining the 'first time' employment status metric.
Strengths
- Data is defined and reported by national authorities, providing official counts.
- Focuses on a specific education level (lower secondary) and employment status (new teachers).
Limitations
- Sample size and temporal coverage are unknown, limiting longitudinal analysis.
- Country-specific definitions may reduce cross-national comparability.
- Data on rows, columns, and update recency is unavailable.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank, provided by the Global Partnership for Education.
- Collection Method
- Country-reported official statistics based on national definitions and methods.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- National coverage across reporting countries.