Percentage of P1 Cohort who Progressed to Post-Secondary Education
What this data shows
Published by Ministry of Education. 159 records. Fields include Year, Race, Percentage (3 columns in total). Covers 1995-01-01 to 2024-01-01. Last updated 2025-11-10.
Description
Ministry of Education CSV time series from 1995 through 2024 showing the percentage of each Primary 1 cohort progressing to post-secondary education by race. Footnotes define cohort timing, SC/PR coverage, institution types included from 2015, and preliminary estimates for recent cohorts. Education planners track Singapore pathway completion and ethnic participation in higher pathways.
Official description
(1) Refers to the year in which a typical student in that particular cohort would progress to post-secondary education programmes (i.e., 10 years after P1). (2) The figures include Singapore Citizens (SC) and Permanent Residents (PR) only, and exclude International Students (IS). (3) Figures include participation in Junior Colleges, Millennia Institute, Polytechnics, Institute of Technical Education, LASALLE College of the Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and other private education institutions, and take into account students who have left the country. From 2015 onwards, figures also include participation in Privately-Funded Schools and Foreign System Schools. (4) Figures for the last 5 years are preliminary estimates as these cohorts have not been fully tracked.
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 1995-01-01 – 2024-01-01
- Rows
- 159
- Columns
- 3
Data
| Year | Race | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | All | 67.7 |
| 1995 | Chinese | 73.3 |
| 1995 | Indian | 50.1 |
| 1995 | Malay | 45.1 |
| 1995 | Others | |
| 1996 | All | 71.3 |
| 1996 | Chinese | 76.8 |
| 1996 | Indian | 54 |
| 1996 | Malay | 49.8 |
| 1996 | Others |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Year (YYYY) | Yes |
| Race | Text | Yes |
| Percentage | Text | No |