ENROLMENTS IN 1962 IN LANGUAGE CLASSES RUN BY ADULT EDUCATION BOARD

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 5 April 1963 · 2nd Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 5 April 1963, Vol 20, Issue 2 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Leong Keng SengYong Nyuk Lin
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Mr Leong Keng Seng asked the Minister for Education whether there was any improvement in the enrolments in 1962 in the language classes, particularly in the National-language classes, run by the Adult Education Board as compared with 1961.

Mr Yong Nyuk Lin: There was in general an improvement in the enrolment in literacy and language classes conducted by the Adult Education Board in 1962 as compared with 1961. For National Language Classes there was an approximate increase of 14 per cent in attendance over 1961. The breakdown is as follows:- Monthly average enrolment 1962 1961 Increase National Language 2,218 1,951 +267 Chinese 2,051 2,479 (-428) (Decrease) English 4,580 3,878 +702 Tamil 156 103 + 53 Total 8,939 8,415 +524

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 5 April 1963. Republished on SGParliament.