International Students in secondary schools and JCs

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Leon Perera, Aljunied GRC

Question

To ask the Minister for Education (a) in the past five years, how many foreign students took the GCE 'O' levels and 'A' levels in Singapore schools; (b) how many years were they studying in Singapore before they sat for the O levels; and (c) what is the foreign student proportion of junior college enrolment in Singapore.

Response

1. Over the last five years, foreign students made up around 5% of enrolment in our secondary schools and junior colleges. Similarly, foreign students formed about 5% of the O-Level and A-Level school candidature. Foreign students studied for six years, on average, in our national schools (that is, primary and/or secondary school) before sitting for the O-Level examinations.