Data on Primary and Secondary School Students Taking School Buses

Mr Seah Kian Peng asked the Minister for Education (a) how many children, in absolute number and as a percentage of total school population, currently go to school in school buses; and (b) what is this data for 15, 10 and five years ago and what is the breakdown in terms of Secondary and Primary schools.

Mr Heng Swee Keat: Based on the data collated by the Department of Statistics as part of the Census of Population in 2000 and 2010, the proportion of Primary school students who travelled to school via school bus decreased from 26.5% (or 83,000 students) in 2000 to 20.7% (or 58,000 students) in 2010. Only a small minority of Secondary students (less than 2%) travelled to school via school bus.