PRIORITY REGISTRATION SCHEME FOR PRIMARY 1 IN 1988 (Enrolment)

The following question stood in the name of Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon -

Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon: To ask the Minister for Education how many parents, who qualify, made use of the priority registration scheme to enrol their children in Primary 1 in 1988.

Encik Othman bin Haron Eusofe: Question 4, Sir.

The Senior Minister of State for Education (Dr Tay Eng Soon)(for the Minister for Education): Sir, phase 1 and phase 2 are priority phases under our Primary 1 registration scheme. In 1988, 11,976 children or roughly one-third were registered under phase 1; another 22,107 were registered under phase 2. The total represents 93% of the total number of children registered for admission into Primary 1 classes for 1989.