FOREIGN STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR COLLEGES (Percentages)
Parliament of Singapore · 18 July 2005 · 10th Parliament
Official Report, 18 July 2005, Vol 80, Issue 6 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
FOREIGN STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR COLLEGES
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(Percentages): **
3.
Assoc. Prof. Ong Soh Khim asked the Minister for Education (a) what are the percentages of foreign students out of the entire student population in the primary schools, secondary schools and junior colleges in the last three years; and (b) what are the ratios of local to foreign students in the top 5% and top 10% cohorts in terms of examination results in the PSLE, O-level and A-level examinations in the last three years.
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam: The proportion of foreign students in our primary, secondary and JC/CIs is shown in Table 1. It has remained stable over the last three years.
** Table 1: Foreign Enrolment **
|
Average Enrolment: ---|---
No.
|
%
Primary
|
9,023
|
3.0
Secondary
|
9,435
|
4.6
JC/CIs
|
1,815
|
7.3
All
|
20,273
|
3.8
The percentage of foreign students in the top 5% and 10% of candidature at the PSLE, 'O' and 'A' Level examinations is shown in Table 2. The relatively high proportion of foreign students in the top 5% and top 10% of students taking the 'O' and 'A' level examinations reflects the good performance of foreign scholars.
**_Table 2: Average No. and % of Foreigners in Top 5% & 10% _ **
** in National Examinations for 2002 - 2004 **
|
Foreigners: |
Foreigners in Top 5%: |
Foreigners in Top 10%: ---|---|---|---
No.
|
%
|
No.
|
%
|
No.
|
%
PSLE
(Exclude EM3.
Based on PSLE Aggregate)
|
1,414
|
3
|
67
|
3
|
137
|
3
O-Level
|
2,106
|
6
|
275*
|
13
|
453*
|
10
A-Level
|
852
|
7
|
97**
|
11
|
229**
|
13
- Based on L1R5
**Based on A-Level Points
Column: 871
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 18 July 2005. Republished on SGParliament.