Past Years' Data of Ordinary Level Private Candidates
NAME AND CONSTITUENCY OF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan, West Coast GRC
QUESTION
To ask the Minister for Education what is
the number and profile according to age and gender of those who took the
GCE O level examinations, including the subject breakdown, as private candidates
annually for the 2012-2022 examination periods, respectively.
RESPONSE
1. The number of private candidates who have registered for the GCE O-Level
examination have declined over the past decade, from about 8,000 private
candidates in 2012 to about 3,000 in the past three years.
2. Majority (75-80%) were 20 years old or below and about 15% were between 21 and 30 years old. 60% of the candidates were female.
3. Most of the private candidates sat for O-Level English and Mathematics.