ESTIMATED COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF PREMATURE LEAVERS* 1974-76

Year 1974 1975 1976 No %+ No %+ No %+ _______________________________________________________________ Primary Level (Pr 1-6) All Streams 12040 3.6 12186 3.7 10992 3.5 English Stream 6542 2.8 6857 2.9 6203 2.6 Non-English Stream 5498 5.2 5329 5.7 4789 5.9 _______________________________________________________________ Secondary Level (Sec 1-4) All Streams 19763 12.5 19475 12.1 20142 12.5 English Stream 12439 11.8 11606 11.0 12585 11.8 Non-English Stream 7324 13.7 7923 14.4 7557 13.7 _______________________________________________________________ Pre-University Level (PU 1-2) All Streams 2693 19.3 2147 15.6 2170 15.1 English Stream 1684 19.3 1344 14.8 1534 15.7 Non-English Stream 1009 19.3 803 17.0 636 13.8 _______________________________________________________________ Tertiary Level Universities (Nanyang University and University of Singapore) 112 1.4 177 2.2 288 3.4 Technical Colleges (Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Technical College) 621 10.9 370 6.3 242 3.6 Institute of Education 52 11.5 75 11.0 64 5.4 * Premature Leavers are students who fail to achieve the following qualifications in the respective courses they have enrolled in: 1 a degree/diploma/certificate for students at Tertiary Level; 2 2 'A' and 2 'O' level passes including a pass in GP at PU Level; 3 3 'O' level passes at Secondary Level; 4 pass in PSLE at Primary Level. + Percentage of the enrolment at a relevant date in the year; and is calculated as a percentage of enrolment for the respective stream.

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