BREAKDOWN OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY 4 AND SECONDARY 5 BY STREAM, SEX AND YEAR

Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Education what percentage of students by gender were in the Science, Commerce, Technical and Arts streams in Secondary 4 for the years 1990 to 1993.

Dr Ker Sin Tze (Acting Minister for Education): The required information on Secondary 4 Express and Special Course and Secondary 5 Normal Course students who took or will be taking the GCE `O' level examinations is given in the attached table. "BREAKDOWN OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY 4 SPECIAL/EXPRESS COURSE AND SECONDARY 5 NORMAL COURSE BY STREAM, SEX AND YEAR" Course Sex 1990 1991 1992 1993 No. % No. % No. % No. % Arts Male 4349 33.5 4233 35.4 4345 38.0 4224 39.1 Female 8648 66.5 7729 64.6 7088 62.0 6571 60.9 Total 12997 100 11962 100 11433 100 10795 100 Science Male 7346 51.7 7250 51.3 7431 50.8 7254 50.4 Female 6850 48.3 6877 48.7 7203 49.2 7128 49.6 Total 14196 100 14127 100 14634 100 14382 100 Commerce Male 1020 30.4 1175 34.3 1288 34.2 1320 37.5 Female 2333 69.6 2251 65.7 2473 65.8 2204 62.5 Total 3353 100 3426 100 3761 100 3524 100 Technical Male 6002 89.4 5117 87.0 4873 85.2 4653 79.9 Female 714 10.6 762 13.0 844 14.8 1167 20.1 Total 6716 100 5879 100 5717 100 5820 100 Total Male 18717 50.2 17775 50.2 17937 50.5 17451 50.6 Female 18545 49.8 17619 49.8 17608 49.5 17070 49.4 Total 37262 100 35394 100 35545 100 34521 100