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Table 601.60. | Teachers' statutory teaching and total working time and average class size in public elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: 2012 |
Country | Statutory teaching and total working time | Average class size | ||||||||||||
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Number of weeks of teaching | Number of days of teaching | Net teaching time in hours | Total working time in hours | |||||||||||
Elemen- tary school |
Junior high school (lower secondary) |
Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1 |
Elemen- tary school |
Junior high school (lower secondary) |
Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1 |
Elemen- tary school |
Junior high school (lower secondary) |
Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1 |
Elemen- tary school |
Junior high school (lower secondary) |
Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1 |
Elemen- tary school |
Junior high school (lower secondary) |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
OECD average2 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 183 | 182 | 180 | 782 | 694 | 655 | 1,200 | 1,173 | 1,142 | 21 | 24 |
Australia3 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 197 | 197 | 195 | 871 | 809 | 801 | 1,211 | 1,234 | 1,234 | 23 | 23 |
Austria3 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 779 | 607 | 589 | † | † | † | 18 | 21 |
Belgium (Flemish)3 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 176 | 174 | 174 | 748 | 652 | 609 | 915 | † | † | — | — |
Belgium (French)3 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 721 | 661 | 601 | † | † | † | 21 | — |
Canada3 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 183 | 183 | 183 | 802 | 747 | 751 | 1,223 | 1,224 | 1,229 | — | — |
Chile4 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 179 | 179 | 179 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,839 | 1,839 | 1,839 | 29 | 31 |
Czech Republic3 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 188 | 188 | 188 | 827 | 620 | 592 | † | † | † | 20 | 21 |
Denmark5 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 659 | 659 | 369 | † | † | † | 21 | 21 |
England5 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 189 | 189 | 189 | 680 | 692 | 692 | 1,259 | 1,259 | 1,259 | — | — |
Estonia4 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 172 | 172 | 172 | 619 | 619 | 568 | 1,540 | 1,540 | 1,540 | 17 | 16 |
Finland6 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 673 | 589 | 547 | 787 | 703 | 642 | 19 | 20 |
France3 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 144 | † | † | 924 | 648 | 648 | 972 | † | † | 23 | 25 |
Germany3 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 193 | 193 | 193 | 804 | 755 | 718 | † | † | † | 21 | 25 |
Greece3 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 171 | 152 | 152 | 569 | 415 | 415 | 1,140 | 1,170 | 1,170 | 17 | 22 |
Hungary6 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 183 | 183 | 183 | 604 | 604 | 604 | — | — | — | 21 | 21 |
Iceland3 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 180 | 180 | 170 | 624 | 624 | 544 | 1,650 | 1,650 | 1,720 | 19 | 20 |
Ireland3 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 183 | 167 | 167 | 915 | 735 | 735 | 1,079 | 778 | 778 | 24 | — |
Israel3 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 182 | 175 | 175 | 838 | 629 | 558 | 1,219 | 924 | 781 | 28 | 29 |
Italy3 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 171 | 171 | 171 | 752 | 616 | 616 | † | † | † | 19 | 22 |
Japan5 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 200 | 200 | 196 | 731 | 602 | 510 | † | † | † | 28 | 33 |
Korea, Republic of6 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 190 | 190 | 190 | 694 | 568 | 549 | † | † | † | 25 | 34 |
Luxembourg3 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 176 | 176 | 176 | 810 | 739 | 739 | 990 | 828 | 828 | 15 | 19 |
Mexico3 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 200 | 200 | 171 | 800 | 1,047 | 838 | 800 | 1,167 | 971 | 20 | 27 |
Netherlands4 | 40 | — | — | 195 | — | — | 930 | 750 | 750 | † | † | † | — | — |
New Zealand3 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 195 | 193 | 190 | 935 | 848 | 760 | 1,560 | 1,255 | 950 | — | — |
Norway3 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 190 | 190 | 190 | 741 | 663 | 523 | 1,300 | 1,225 | 1,150 | † | † |
Poland5 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 184 | 182 | 180 | 633 | 561 | 558 | — | — | — | 19 | 23 |
Portugal4 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 168 | 168 | 168 | 756 | 616 | 616 | 1,027 | 926 | 926 | 21 | 22 |
Scotland4 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 190 | 190 | 190 | 855 | 855 | 855 | 1,045 | 1,045 | 1,045 | — | — |
Slovak Republic3 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 184 | 184 | 184 | 819 | 635 | 607 | — | — | — | 17 | 20 |
Slovenia3 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 190 | 190 | 190 | 627 | 627 | 570 | † | † | † | 19 | 20 |
Spain3 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 176 | 176 | 171 | 880 | 713 | 693 | 1,140 | 1,140 | 1,140 | 20 | 24 |
Sweden3 | † | † | † | † | † | † | — | — | — | 1,360 | 1,360 | 1,360 | — | — |
Switzerland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Turkey3 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 720 | 504 | 567 | 980 | 836 | 921 | 24 | 29 |
United Kingdom | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 20 |
United States5 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 1,131 | 1,085 | 1,076 | 1,362 | 1,366 | 1,365 | 22 | 28 |
Other reporting countries |
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Brazil | 42 | 42 | 42 | 203 | 203 | 203 | — | — | — | † | † | † | 25 | 29 |
China | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 52 |
Indonesia | 44 | 44 | 44 | 251 | 163 | 163 | 1,255 | 734 | 734 | — | — | — | 24 | 36 |
Russian Federation5 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 170 | 210 | 210 | 561 | 483 | 483 | † | † | † | 18 | 18 |
—Not available. | ||||||||||||||
†Not applicable according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). | ||||||||||||||
1 General programs only. | ||||||||||||||
2 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country or country component reporting data contributes equally. | ||||||||||||||
3 Typical teaching time reported. | ||||||||||||||
4 Maximum teaching time reported. | ||||||||||||||
5 Actual teaching time reported. | ||||||||||||||
6 Minimum teaching time reported. | ||||||||||||||
NOTE: In this table, elementary school corresponds to International Standard Classification of Education 1997 (ISCED:97) level 1 (U.S. grades 1 through 6), junior high school corresponds to ISCED:97 level 2 (U.S. grades 7 through 9), and senior high school corresponds to ISCED:97 level 3 (U.S. grades 10 through 12). | ||||||||||||||
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2014. (This table was prepared August 2014.) |