Educational Qualifications of 54,000 Private Hire Car Drivers

Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan asked the Minister for Transport whether he can provide a breakdown of the educational qualifications (primary, secondary, junior college, ITE, diploma, degree, masters and higher) of the 54,000 private hire car drivers in Singapore.

Of the 54,000 private hire car drivers as of 31 March 2018, about 40% have attained tertiary/post-secondary level qualifications, including degree, diploma and Institute of Technical Education qualifications. The highest qualification attained by another 40% of drivers is secondary school level qualifications. The remaining 20% have attained primary school level qualifications or other qualifications, such as the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications, as their highest qualification.