Take-up Rate by Students for Spanish as Third Language

Mr Darryl David asked the Acting Minister for Education (Schools) whether Spanish is offered as a third language option to students in our schools and, if so, what is the take-up rate of Spanish as compared to the other third language options.

Mr Ng Chee Meng: Spanish was introduced in 2014 as one of the foreign languages available to eligible students.

Currently, about 100 students would offer Spanish as a third language each year at Secondary 1. This intake level is typical of foreign languages that are newly introduced. The Secondary 1 intake size for other foreign languages varies, ranging from about 240 for German to about 550 for Japanese.