MALAY AND TAMIL SECONDARY SCHOOLS (Number of students)

Parliament of Singapore · 17 August 1966 · 1st Parliament

Official Report, 17 August 1966, Vol 25, Issue 4 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Ong Pang BoonTeong Eng Siong
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Mr Teong Eng Siong asked the Minister for Education (i) the number of Malay Secondary Schools and the total number of students therein; and (ii) the number of Tamil Secondary Schools and the total number of students therein.

Mr Ong Pang Boon: Mr Speaker, Sir, the total number of Government Malay medium secondary schools is ten with a total enrolment of 7,316, made up of eight Malay medium secondary schools with a pupil population of 6,669 and two Malay medium secondary vocational schools with a student population of 647.

There is only one Government-aided Tamil full school with 247 secondary students.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 August 1966. Republished on SGParliament.