STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES

Mr Shriniwas Rai asked the Minister for Education if he will state the number of students who have enrolled for South Asian studies.

RAdm Teo Chee Hean: 26 first-year students from the National University of Singapore (NUS)'s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) have enrolled in the South Asian Studies Programme (SASP) for the academic year (AY) 1999/20001. Another 44 students from the FASS and other Faculties have also chosen to take modules offered in the SASP in the first semester of AY 1999/20002.

1 The 26 students who have enrolled in SASP have opted to take South Asian Studies as one of 3 subjects in their first-year of study at the FASS. They may opt to take SAS as one of their 2 subject majors in their second and third-year of undergraduate study at NUS.

2 These students, who include 2nd and 3rd year FASS students, have each opted for one module from the SASP for the first semester of AY 1999/2000.