DROPOUTS AFTER SECONDARY 2 AND 4
Parliament of Singapore · 1 September 2004
Official Report, 1 September 2004, Vol 78, Issue 3 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
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DROPOUTS AFTER SECONDARY 2 AND 4
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Ms Braema Mathiaparanam asked the Minister for Education in the last two years how many girls and boys dropped out of school after (i) Secondary 2 and (ii) Secondary 4 without completing the N or O-levels.
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam: The information requested is attached in the table below. The Secondary 3 figures show the number of students dropping out while in Secondary 3 (ie, after Secondary 2). The Secondary 4 figures show the number of students dropping out while in Secondary 4 without completing the N or O-levels.
Table : Drop-out numbers and rates for 2002and 2003: |
Secondary 3 (2002): |
Secondary 3 (2003): |
Secondary 4 (2002): |
Secondary 4 (2003): ---|---|---|---|---
Girls (No.)
|
215
|
187
|
89
|
85
Boys (No.)
|
242
|
206
|
97
|
104
Girls (%)
|
1.0
|
0.7
|
0.5
|
0.4
Boys (%)
|
1.1
|
0.8
|
0.5
|
0.5
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 1 September 2004. Republished on SGParliament.