Rate of educational professionals
Dimension: Response capacity
Area: Institutional capacity
Category: Education
Definition: This rate considers an educational professional as someone who has fulfilled the minimum requirement of training by national law to be able to teach at a specific level of education (UNESCO, n.d.).
- Unit of measure: educational professionals
- Formula:
Numerator: # of educational professionals
Denominator: Total population * 100,000
Data sources:
- National census *National education authorities
Comments and limitations: Professionals that work in the administrative branch of the educational system are not considered for this indicator.
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (n.d.). Trained teacher. Glossary. https://uis.unesco.org/en/glossary