ESTIMATED COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF PREMATURE LEAVERS FROM GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT-AIDED SCHOOLS - 1974-76 [BASED ON AN ALTERNATIVE DEFINITION OF PREMATURE LEAVERS*]

Year 1974 1975 1976 No %+ No %+ No %+ _______________________________________________________________ Primary Level (Pr 1-5) All Streams 2335 0.9 2567 1.0 1535 0.6 English Stream 1277 0.7 877 0.5 665 0.4 Non-English Stream 1058 1.3 1690 2.4 869 1.5 _______________________________________________________________ Secondary Level (Sec 1-3) All Streams 7243 5.9 7883 6.3 7062 5.8 English Stream 3582 4.5 4184 5.1 3528 4.4 Non-English Stream 3661 8.4 3753 8.6 3534 8.2 _______________________________________________________________ Pre-University Level (PU 1) All Streams 178 2.7 203 3.0 137 1.9 English Stream 91 2.2 119 2.5 90 1.8 Non-English Stream 87 3.5 84 3.8 47 2.0 * Premature Leavers are students who fail to reach the levels which these examinations (PSLE, 'O' and 'A' Level Exams) are set. + Percentage of enrolment for the respective stream.