CHINESE STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (Student enrolment and teaching staff strength)

The following Question stood in the name of Mr Chiam See Tong -

Mr Chiam See Tong: To ask the Minister for Education, in relation to the Chinese Studies Department of the National University of Singapore, what is its (i) total student enrolment and (ii) teaching staff strength and how many of them are Singaporeans.

Mr S. Chandra Das (Cheng San GRC): Question No. 2, Sir.

The Minister for Education (Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam): Mr Speaker, Sir, the total student enrolment in the Chinese Studies Department of the National University of Singapore is 1,000 comprising 989 undergraduate and 11 post-graduate students.

The teaching staff strength is 22, of whom 15 are Singaporeans.