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Enrolment In Government, Government-Aided, Independent, Specialised Independent And Specialised Secondary Schools And Junior Colleges By Level, Sex And Age, Annual

Data from Jan 1983 to Dec 2024Updated 12 days ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Data Last Updated: 18/02/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Figures include pre-university students in centralised institutes and Pre-U centres. The Special and Express streams were merged, from Secondary 1, 2008. Normal (Technical) includes students in Specialised Schools. These students are taking the ITE Skills Certificate (ISC) course or in a 2-year work-study programme after completing ISC. Starting from the 2024 Secondary 1 cohort, the Normal (Technical), Normal (Academic) and Express courses were removed with the introduction of Full Subject-Based Banding.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850241

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EnrolmentInGovernmentGovernmentAidedIndependentSpecialisedIndependentAndSpecialisedSecondarySchoolsAndJuniorCollegesByLevelSexAndAgeAnnual.csv (70 rows, 22.1 KB)

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Total Enrolment182212184580187439188080188076189363194136200432208195215414221609229330234607240270246808249340249660249689245823241964238215230985219378211457200209197093201426209063205758202672196791179254180495183970189756197558200185201125201136188289185845180468
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Under 13 Years3664735582376793851338669378963727437156371403948339910451724163941329450194637646666474664781647179471904887945914505944171036303398533884137731393113826129557295162858628310315242926730611nananana
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13 Years & Under 14 Years3638738634394033966138761382873822138203410104158747056434504346647236485634867349433495854855248434503274711652351427603756941105399473910840894404513899232969322553154235731323693426236633nananana
Males1859219779201382026019880195861968619561209882141824404225702236024413250972526125430255132494624857259772441926990220111948521250208602034321238nanananananananananananana
Females1779518855192651940118881187011853518642200222016922652208802110622823234662341224003240722360623577243502269725361207491808419855190871876519656nanananananananananananana
14 Years & Under 15 Years3900839704399423899338555384193844541381420444772344160441594821649819497405068750632499104907750957476835283943205378374145140343390514116440783399313922535308341923833734730366823950939926nananana

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Enrolment In Government, Government-Aided, Independent, Specialised Independent And Specialised Secondary Schools And Junior Colleges By Level, Sex And Age, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 6, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_aec409f1559d62b5c57bb253e992ae5d/view

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