average pupil
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaverageandpupil
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average
adjective
uk/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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pupil
noun[C]
uk/ˈpjuː.pəl/us/ˈpjuː.pəl/
a person, especially a child at school, who is ...
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(Definition ofaverageandpupilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theaveragepupil-teacher ratio for tertiary colleges is not readily available.
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It is not in the interests, particularly of the average and lessaveragepupil, to have an assessment of that kind.
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Theaveragepupil-teacher ratio in 1986–87 was 15·6:1.
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That was an improvement on 1978–79, when theaveragepupil-teacher ratio in maintained secondary schools was 16·7:1.
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The teacher must be able to care for theaveragepupilas if he were of supreme interest.
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What is the aim of theaveragepupilat our secondary modern schools?
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That calculation applies to the average school and theaveragepupil.
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Theaveragepupil-teacher ratio in the special schools for the deaf is satisfactory but there are shortages in particular schools and there is a need for more peripatetic teachers.
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After 25 years of age theaveragepupilsize decreases, though not at a steady rate.
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Theaveragepupil-teacher ratio is 10 to 1.
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Their above average pupils will continue to receive the help they need in the classroom when they are working for examinations and university entrance.
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You have to cater not for the small number of brilliant pupils, but for the big number of average pupils and the smaller number of backward pupils.
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