Students Enrolled in Nursing Programmes in ITE, Polytechnics and Universities Who Joined Nursing Profession after Graduation

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Health for FY 2022 and FY 2023 (a) what is the number of students who enrolled into nursing programmes in the ITE, polytechnics and universities respectively; and (b) what is the number and percentage of nursing students who go on to practise after graduation from the ITE, polytechnics and universities respectively.

The total intake for nursing programmes offered in our Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) was about 2,100 in Academic Year (AY)2022 – comprising 1,300 students from the polytechnics, 500 from the Institutes of Technical Education and 300 from the National University of Singapore. The total intake increased by about 100 students in AY2023.

Based on the 2022 Graduate Employment Survey (GES) conducted by the IHLs, approximately 90% of the nursing graduates who were in full-time permanent employment within six months of graduation, practised nursing. The 2023 GES data for nursing graduates is currently not available.