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English or languish - Probing the ramifications
of Hong Kong's language policy

Quality Assessment
Section four

Language and Society

Hong Kong's Neighbors
Singapore's National Education System
Primary and Secondary Streaming


Graph 61a - Primary School Leaving Examination Candidates by Ethnicity and so-called Mother Tongue in 2001.
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   PSLE Examination Candidates by Ethnic Grouping - Pie Chart
Note:  When referring to Singapore's official languages (so-called mother tongues) the MOE distinguishes among speakers of English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.  When referring to ethnicity the words Tamil and English are replaced with Indian and Other, respectively. Is it not likely that ethnic classification in Singapore is conducted, as it is conducted in many places of the world?

The government divides its citizenry into abstract ethnic groups based on a small number of religious, racial, linguistic, social, geographical, and/or historical traits. Its citizenry are then provided with various government forms on which the names of these abstract groups are listed. Each time a citizen fills out a form, he is asked to select that one name with which he can best identify; this becomes his or her group identity. Having gotten everyone to join an abstract group the government then seeks through various policy measures to develop each into a living reality.
Data Source: Singapore Government. Ministry of Education. Planning Division. Management Information Branch. Education Statistics DigestOnline. Enrolment, intake, and output. Examination Output by Level, Indicators, Ethnic Group, Year. Table 31 - Percentage of pupils eligible for secondary school. [online document] (March 2004). Also available on page 52 in the ministry's report entitled Education Statistics Digest 2002. Moulding the future of our nation. [EARTH's online copy - PDF 6.8 MB]. Copy of data in EXCEL format also available upon special request.

Graph 61b - PSLE candidates eligible for entry into secondary school.
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  PSLE Candidates Eligible for Entry Into Secondary School (Line Graph)
Note: See note to graph 61a above.
Data Source: Singapore Government. Ministry of Education. Planning Division. Management Information Branch. Education Statistics DigestOnline. Enrolment, intake, and output. Examination Output by Level, Indicators, Ethnic Group, Year. Table 31 - Percentage of pupils eligible for secondary school. [online document] (March 2004). Also available on page 52 in the ministry's report entitled Education Statistics Digest 2002. Moulding the future of our nation. [EARTH's online copy - PDF 6.8 MB]. Copy of data in EXCEL format also available upon special request.

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