CHILDREN OF SCHOOL-GOING AGE (Number who did not attend school)

Parliament of Singapore · 25 July 1994 · 8th Parliament

Official Report, 25 July 1994, Vol 63, Issue 2 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Kanwaljit SoinLee Yock Suan
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Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Education what is the number of children who reached school-going age but were not registered for schools by their parents or guardians in 1989.

Mr Lee Yock Suan: The data for 1989 is not available. In November 1993 the following data were presented to Parliament covering children of school-going age who did not register to attend school in Singapore from 1990 to 1993: Year Year of attending Number of children of Birth Primary One Classes did not attend school 1983 1990 80 1984 1991 243 1985 1992 305 1986 1993 319

These figures include children who have either emigrated with their parents or were living with their parents overseas.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 25 July 1994. Republished on SGParliament.