'A' LEVEL PASSES IN PRE-U CENTRES

Dr Lee Siew-Choh asked the Minister for Education if he will state, for each of the years 1988 to 1990, the number if students in Pre-U centres and their percentage of passes in the 'A' level examinations.

Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam: The number and percentage of students in Pre-U centres who passed the Singapore Cambridge GCE 'A' level examinations (passed 2 'A' level and 'AO' level subjects including GP) are as follows: ______________________________________________________________ YEAR NO. SAT NO. & % PASSED ______________________________________________________________ 1988 1974 932 (47.2%) ______________________________________________________________ 1989 1776 685 (38.6%) ______________________________________________________________ 1990 1618 581 (35.9%) ______________________________________________________________