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Economy

Number Of Principals By Level, School Type And Sex, Annual

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Data Last Updated: 23/03/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: The figures exclude officers in HQ, on various leave, on secondment to other institutions and those studying at NIE. Officers in Mixed Level schools are classified according to the level they teach or the level they are trained in. Include education officers on part-time employment scheme.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850661

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2024

Last updated 1 day ago (14 Sep 2026)

Updated annually

Data explorer

NumberOfPrincipalsByLevelSchoolTypeAndSexAnnual.csv (36 rows, 4.4 KB)

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(Null)8.3%
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(Null)16.7%
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(Null)16.7%
(Null)25.0%
Primary187185183190190186186190191190187193184181173172174170172180186191
Government144141140145147143145147147148145151142139132131133129131138140146
Male48505147474440393736363735313536383546474850
Female96918998100991051081101121091141071089795959485919296
Government-Aided43444345434341434442424242424141414141424645
Male986667791010111112131212131312121210
Female34363739373634343432313130292929282829303435
Secondary149147153150149152147150156164166171165160166165165154160167178166
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Malenanananananananananananananananana06686
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_401b6743bcacd8f82e3623817e87c14e"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Principals By Level, School Type And Sex, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_401b6743bcacd8f82e3623817e87c14e/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)