{"id": 1030894, "name": "Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2025-05-14T12:37:16.000Z", "updatedAt": "2025-08-29T13:08:41.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1999-2024", "datasetId": 7076, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "percentage_of_qualified_teachers_in_secondary_education__both_sexes__pct__qutp_2t3", "catalogPath": "grapher/unesco/2025-05-01/education_sdgs/education_sdgs#percentage_of_qualified_teachers_in_secondary_education__both_sexes__pct__qutp_2t3", "descriptionShort": "Share of qualified teachers in [secondary](#dod:secondary-education) education represent those with the necessary academic qualifications to teach at that level in a given country.", "descriptionFromProducer": "Percentage of teachers by level of education taught (pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required for teaching their subjects at the relevant level in a given country, in a given academic year. A high value indicates that students are being taught by teachers who are academically well qualified in the subjects they teach. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/", "type": "float", "grapherConfigIdETL": "019759d8-7518-7849-ba97-c98506678430", "dataChecksum": "9451011303495483993", "metadataChecksum": "9148914150888760842", "datasetName": "UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) - Education (SDGs)", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2025-05-01", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%", "numDecimalPlaces": 1}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "minor", "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Global Education"]}, "descriptionKey": ["Trained teachers are essential for delivering quality education \u2014 this indicator shows what share of secondary school teachers have the minimum required qualifications.", "It captures the percentage of lower and upper secondary teachers who have received at least the minimum organized pedagogical training, either pre-service or in-service, required to teach at their level according to national standards.", "The indicator is calculated by dividing the number of trained teachers in secondary education by the total number of teachers at that level, and multiplying the result by 100.", "A high value indicates that most students in secondary education are being taught by teachers who are considered pedagogically qualified to teach at that level.", "The data comes from administrative records collected at the school or national level and typically includes information on teacher training credentials and employment status.", "This indicator is disaggregated by sex and level of education (lower and upper secondary), allowing for a closer look at training disparities across groups.", "Limitations arise from the fact that national standards for minimum teacher qualifications vary widely, making it difficult to compare levels of training across countries.", "Additionally, in many countries, data may not distinguish between subject-specific training and general pedagogical training, which can affect how meaningful the figures are for judging teacher preparedness."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 15, "name": "Afghanistan", "code": "AFG"}, {"id": 16, "name": "Albania", "code": "ALB"}, {"id": 18, "name": "Andorra", "code": "AND"}, {"id": 19, "name": "Angola", "code": "AGO"}, {"id": 228, "name": "Anguilla", "code": "AIA"}, {"id": 20, "name": "Antigua and Barbuda", "code": "ATG"}, {"id": 22, "name": "Armenia", "code": "ARM"}, {"id": 25, "name": "Azerbaijan", "code": "AZE"}, {"id": 26, "name": "Bahamas", "code": "BHS"}, {"id": 27, "name": 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