MINIMUM ENTRY QUALIFICATION TO NUS (Proportion of Rejected Applicants)

Mr Chiam See Tong asked the Minister for Education what proportion of Malays and Indians among all Malay and Indian applicants who satisfied the minimum entry requirements to the National University of Singapore were rejected for the years 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1989.

Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam: The proportion of Malay applicants who were eligible to apply but who were unsuccessful in gaining admission to courses at the National University of Singapore for the years 1980, 1985 and 1989 are 70%, 58% and 58% respectively. The corresponding figures for Indian applicants are 60%, 60% and 58%. For Chinese applicants, the figures are 42%, 46% and 39%.

The information for the year 1975 is not available.