New primary school teacher counts are provided for countries participating in the Global Partnership for Education initiative. Data covers persons employed for the first time in an official capacity to guide pupils in primary school. The dataset is compiled by the Global Partnership for Education using country-specific definitions and methods.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in national teacher recruitment using annual new teacher counts.
- Compare teacher workforce entry rates between countries using country-level statistics.
- Model the relationship between new teacher numbers and primary education enrollment figures.
- Assess progress towards national education workforce targets using reported metrics.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from national authorities, providing official statistics.
- Country-specific definitions allow for alignment with local education policies.
Limitations
- Sample size and temporal coverage are unknown, limiting trend analysis.
- Country-specific definitions create challenges for direct cross-national comparison.
- Data granularity (e.g., regional breakdowns, demographic details) is unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Partnership for Education, utilizing national sources.
- Collection Method
- Country-reported statistics based on national definitions and methods.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Multiple countries, specific coverage unknown.