WOMEN UNDERGRADUATES
Parliament of Singapore · 27 February 2004
Official Report, 27 February 2004, Vol 77, Issue 4 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
WOMEN UNDERGRADUATES
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Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan asked the Acting Minister for Education what is the number and percentage of women undergraduates admitted to (i) the polytechnics; and (ii) the universities for each of the last three years (2001, 2002 and 2003).
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam: The number and percentages of local female students admitted to the full-time courses at the polytechnics and universities for the academic years 2001, 2002 and 2003 are shown in Tables 1 and 2 respectively:
Table 1 : Intake into Polytechnics (2001- 2003)
Academic Year
|
Female: |
Male: |
Total: ---|---|---|---
2001
|
7,168 (46.8%)
|
8,158 (53.2%)
|
15,326 (100%)
2002
|
7,687 (47.6%)
|
8,468 (52.4%)
|
16,155 (100%)
2003
|
7,661 (47.7%)
|
8,390 (52.3%)
|
16,051 (100%)
Table 2 : Intake into Universities (2001- 2003)
Academic Year
|
Female: |
Male: |
Total: ---|---|---|---
2001
|
4,770 (56.6%)
|
3,657 (43.4%)
|
8,427 (100%)
2002
|
4,738 (56.0%)
|
3,717 (44.0%)
|
8,455 (100%)
2003
|
4,673 (54.8%)
|
3,857 (45.2%)
|
8,530 (100%)
Note: Figures in parenthesis denote the intake of each gender as a percentage of the total local student intake for that year.
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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 27 February 2004. Republished on SGParliament.