Primary School Leaving Examination in 1965 (Statistics)

Parliament of Singapore · 17 December 1965 · 1st Parliament

Official Report, 17 December 1965, Vol 24, Issue 6 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

"Mr Koo Young: To ask the Minister for Education how many students will he taking the Primary School Leaving Examination in 1965, giving figures separately for the four language streams and for Government and Government-aided schools."

Pursuant to Standing Order No. 20 (2), the Minister for Education supplied the following answers:-

  1. "The total number of children registered for Primary One admission in January 1966 in different media is as follows:- Government Government Aided Total English 33,289 5,281 38,570 Chinese 2,522 15,185 17,707 Malay 5,538 - 5,538 Tamil 21 95 116 ------ ------ ------ Total 41,370 20,561 61,931" ------ ------ ------

  2. "The total number of students who sat the Primary School Leaving Examination in 1965 is as follows:-. Stream No. of Students (Government and Government-Aided Schools) English 33,482 Chinese 19,036 Malay 4,934 Tamil 161 -------- Total 57,613" --------

The following Question for Oral Answer stood on the Order Paper of 17th December, 1965:-

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 December 1965. Republished on SGParliament.