ENROLMENT IN FULL-TIME MADRASAH SCHOOLS
Parliament of Singapore · 17 November 2008
Official Report, 17 November 2008, Vol 85, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
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ENROLMENT IN FULL-TIME MADRASAH SCHOOLS
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Dr Fatimah Lateef asked the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs (a) what is the total number of student enrolment in full-time madrasah schools in Singapore for the last three years; (b) whether the numbers are stable or changing as there is a cap of about 4,000 students annually; and (c) whether the madrasah schools accept any foreign students, permanent residents or expatriate children.
Assoc. Prof. Dr Yaacob Ibrahim: The total number of students in madrasahs has been stable over the past three years, hovering between 4,170 in 2006 and 4,165 in 2008.
Although there is an annual intake cap of 400 Singaporean students, there are more than 4,000 students as some of the madrasahs offer more than 10 years of education, and some madrasahs take in non-Singaporeans. The number of children of permanent residents and expatriate families is small. There are only 27 such students across all levels in the six full-time madrasahs .
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 November 2008. Republished on SGParliament.