Percentage of O-Level Students who Progressed to Post-Secondary Education
What this data shows
Published by Ministry of Education. 85 records. Fields include Race, Year, Percentage Progress Postsec (3 columns in total). Covers 2008-01-01 to 2024-01-01. Last updated 2025-11-10.
Description
Percentage of O-Level students progressing to post-secondary education by race and year, published by the Ministry of Education in CSV from 2008 through 2024. Figures cover junior colleges, polytechnics, ITE, arts institutions, and from 2015 privately funded and foreign-system schools, with recent cohorts flagged as preliminary. Education planners track pathways after secondary school in Singapore.
Official description
(1) Figures include participation in Junior Colleges, Millennia Institute, Polytechnics, Institute of Technical Education (ITE), LASALLE College of the Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and other private education institutions, and take into account of students who have left the country. From 2015 onwards, figures also include participation in Privately-Funded Schools and Foreign System Schools. (2) Figures for the last 5 years are preliminary estimates as these cohorts have not been fully tracked.
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2008-01-01 – 2024-01-01
- Rows
- 85
- Columns
- 3
Data
| Race | Year | Percentage Progress Postsec |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 2008 | 97.8 |
| Indian | 2008 | 96.4 |
| Malay | 2008 | 96.9 |
| Others | 2008 | 89.6 |
| Overall | 2008 | 97.4 |
| Chinese | 2009 | 98 |
| Indian | 2009 | 96.1 |
| Malay | 2009 | 96.4 |
| Others | 2009 | 88.4 |
| Overall | 2009 | 97.4 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Race | Text | Yes |
| Year | Year (YYYY) | Yes |
| Percentage Progress Postsec | Text | No |