Take-up Rate by Students for Spanish as Third Language

Mr Darryl David asked the Acting Minister for Education (Schools) whether Spanish is offered as a third language option to students in our schools and, if so, what is the take-up rate of Spanish, compared to the other third language options.

Spanish was introduced in 2014 as one of the foreign languages available to eligible students.

Currently, about 100 students would offer Spanish as a third language each year at Secondary 1. This intake level is typical of foreign languages that are newly introduced. The Secondary 1 intake size for other foreign languages varies, ranging from about 240 for German to about 550 for Japanese.