Yet not all countries have this room to
manoeuvre. Chad, Congo, Ethiopia and
Mozambique are faced with high demand
for teachers and primary pupil-teacher ratios
above 65:1. Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania will
not need as many new teachers, but they will
not be able to raise pupil-teacher ratios either.
With pupil-teacher ratios ranging from 40
to 55:1 in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Eritrea and
Niger, there is little room to accommodate
more students without recruiting new
teachers. But turning to the Arab States, it
may be possible to adjust the ratios (often
less than 20:1) in countries like Kuwait, Saudi
Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.