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Collection: Academic Programmes

Dataset: Academic Results of Inmates

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Academic Results of Inmates

Data from Jan 2006 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:40 SGT

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Yearly academic results of inmates.

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6b571fb0d7bc131cd9e612d823e312ba"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Prison Service. (2018). Academic Results of Inmates (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 12, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6b571fb0d7bc131cd9e612d823e312ba/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

16 Jul 2018

Licence

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

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

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Social

Academic Results of Inmates

Data from Jan 2006 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:40 SGT

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Yearly academic results of inmates.

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Data explorer

AcademicResultsofInmates.csv (108 rows, 4.9 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Academic programme Text	Results Text	Percentage of inmates Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)6.5%
2006	GCE N LEVELS	AT LEAST 1 'N' PASS	99.3
2006	GCE N LEVELS	10 POINTS OR LESS IN BEST 3 SUBJS	79
2006	GCE N LEVELS	19 POINTS OR LESS IN ELMAB3	na
2006	GCE O LEVELS	AT LEAST 1 'O' PASS	100
2006	GCE O LEVELS	AT LEAST 3 'O' PASS	80.3
2006	GCE O LEVELS	5 OR MORE 'O' PASS	79.4
2007	GCE N LEVELS	AT LEAST 1 'N' PASS	100
2007	GCE N LEVELS	10 POINTS OR LESS IN BEST 3 SUBJS	84.9
2007	GCE N LEVELS	19 POINTS OR LESS IN ELMAB3	na
2007	GCE O LEVELS	AT LEAST 1 'O' PASS	99

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Academic programme	academic_programme	Text	-	-
Results	results	Text	-	-
Percentage of inmates	percentage_of_inmates	Text	-	-

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