Africa/Global: developing countries face 100-1 pupil/teacher ratio

The number of school-aged children had outpaced the growth in the number of teachers worldwide in the 1990s, packing classrooms in some developing countries with as many as 100 students per teacher, says a recent study. The Statistical Profile of the Teaching Profession is based on the most extensive set of data ever gathered on teachers. It looks at how many teachers there are, who they are and what training they have received, their working conditions and how much their governments invest in them.