Students Taking Tamil and Non-Tamil Indian Languages for School Examinations

Debated in Parliament on 26 Feb 2024.

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Pritam Singh asked for the number of students taking Tamil and Non-Tamil Indian Languages (NTILs) for PSLE, N, O, and A-level exams from 2013 to 2023, as well as the percentage difference in per-student funding between Tamil and the other five NTILs.
Chan Chun Sing directed the member to SEAB press releases for candidature data and referenced a parliamentary answer from February 2024 for specific statistics on Tamil and NTIL enrollment in 2013 and 2023.
He stated that per-student funding for NTILs is about 70% of that for the three official Mother Tongue Languages, including Tamil.
The response did not provide the exact cohort sizes or the specific percentage difference in funding between Tamil and each of the other five NTILs.
The debate highlights ongoing concerns about resource allocation for language education, particularly for non-official mother tongues.

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Pritam Singh

Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Education (a) what was the overall cohort size and of that the total number of students taking Tamil and Non-Tamil Indian languages (NTILs) for each year from 2013 to 2023 for (i) PSLE (ii) N-level (iii) O-level and (iv) A-level examinations respectively; and (b) what is the difference in funding, expressed as a percentage, between Tamil language as an official mother tongue language and each of the other five NTILs per student.

Chan Chun Sing

The Member may refer to Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) press releases, which are published on SEAB's website annually, for total candidature sizes. For Tamil and Non-Tamil Indian language (NTIL) candidature, the question has been addressed by Parliamentary Question 20 as published in the Circular for Written Answers on 6 February 2024. [Please refer to "Statistics on Students Taking Tamil and Five Non-Tamil Indian Language in 2013 and 2023", Official Report, 6 February 2024, Vol 95, Issue 121, Written Answers to Questions section.]

The per-student funding for NTILs is around 70% of that for the three official Mother Tongue Languages.

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Pritam Singh asked for the number of students taking Tamil and Non-Tamil Indian Languages (NTILs) for PSLE, N, O, and A-level exams from 2013 to 2023, as well as the percentage difference in per-student funding between Tamil and the other five NTILs.
Chan Chun Sing directed the member to SEAB press releases for candidature data and referenced a parliamentary answer from February 2024 for specific statistics on Tamil and NTIL enrollment in 2013 and 2023.
He stated that per-student funding for NTILs is about 70% of that for the three official Mother Tongue Languages, including Tamil.
The response did not provide the exact cohort sizes or the specific percentage difference in funding between Tamil and each of the other five NTILs.
The debate highlights ongoing concerns about resource allocation for language education, particularly for non-official mother tongues.

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Students Taking Tamil and Non-Tamil Indian Languages for School Examinations

Debated in Parliament on 26 Feb 2024.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Pritam Singh asked for the number of students taking Tamil and Non-Tamil Indian Languages (NTILs) for PSLE, N, O, and A-level exams from 2013 to 2023, as well as the percentage difference in per-student funding between Tamil and the other five NTILs.
Chan Chun Sing directed the member to SEAB press releases for candidature data and referenced a parliamentary answer from February 2024 for specific statistics on Tamil and NTIL enrollment in 2013 and 2023.
He stated that per-student funding for NTILs is about 70% of that for the three official Mother Tongue Languages, including Tamil.
The response did not provide the exact cohort sizes or the specific percentage difference in funding between Tamil and each of the other five NTILs.
The debate highlights ongoing concerns about resource allocation for language education, particularly for non-official mother tongues.

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Pritam Singh

Chan Chun Sing

The per-student funding for NTILs is around 70% of that for the three official Mother Tongue Languages.

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Pritam Singh asked for the number of students taking Tamil and Non-Tamil Indian Languages (NTILs) for PSLE, N, O, and A-level exams from 2013 to 2023, as well as the percentage difference in per-student funding between Tamil and the other five NTILs.
Chan Chun Sing directed the member to SEAB press releases for candidature data and referenced a parliamentary answer from February 2024 for specific statistics on Tamil and NTIL enrollment in 2013 and 2023.
He stated that per-student funding for NTILs is about 70% of that for the three official Mother Tongue Languages, including Tamil.
The response did not provide the exact cohort sizes or the specific percentage difference in funding between Tamil and each of the other five NTILs.
The debate highlights ongoing concerns about resource allocation for language education, particularly for non-official mother tongues.

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