22 Primary Enrolment by Level and Stream

22 PRIMARY ENROLMENT BY LEVEL AND STREAM

Year Sex Pri 1 Pri 2 Pri 3 Primary 4 Primary 51 Primary 6 Total

Norm Extd Mono Norm Extd Mono Norm Extd Mono 1960 MF 60,049 59,052 51,087 43,395 - - 38,241 - - 31,212 - - 283,036

F 28,100 26,679 22,424 18,594 - - 16,484 - - 12,785 - - 125,066

1970 MF 55,557 55,070 57,585 59,440 - - 60,272 - - 74,918 - - 362,842

F 26,856 26,533 27,307 27,970 - - 28,408 - - 32,345 - - 169,419

1980 MF 46,377 49,655 47,495 45,994 4,670 2,189 45,374 - - 49,756 - - 291,510

F 22,460 23,800 22,595 22,015 1,657 650 22,011 - - 24,015 - - 139,203

1990 MF 39,317 41,582 41,254 36,086 2,620 1,695 33,444 5,155 1,643 32,508 3,981 2,066 257,757 2

F 18,803 19,789 19,787 17,773 1,001 563 16,384 2,178 584 16,324 1,689 726 122,184

EM1 EM2 EM3 EM1 EM2 EM3 2000 MF 50,204 49,844 50,019 52,116 - - 10,238 34,369 4,142 9,239 36,959 8,575 305,705

F 24,215 24,144 24,254 25,156 - - 5,639 16,238 1,558 5,170 17,757 3,276 147,407 2010 MF 39,595 42,405 43,022 48,418 - - 263,906 F 19,274 20,635 20,798 23,224 - - 127,537 2011 MF 39,295 39,492 42,542 43,165 - - 258,293 F 18,991 19,252 20,712 20,833 - - 124,811 2012 MF 39,582 39,258 39,610 42,652 - - 252,735 F 19,300 18,994 19,310 20,780 - - 122,454

2013 MF 40,168 39,407 39,273 39,510 - - 244,045

F 19,566 19,232 19,013 19,279 - - 118,622 2014 MF 40,927 40,179 39,440 39,252 - - 241,683 F 19,962 19,579 19,245 19,030 - - 117,703 2015 MF 40,063 40,774 40,199 39,461 - - 239,102 F 19,633 19,912 19,592 19,273 - - 116,608 2016 MF 38,904 40,077 40,733 40,136 - - 238,140 F 18,977 19,642 19,880 19,578 - - 116,158 2017 MF 36,885 38,997 40,135 40,618 - - 235,754 F 17,936 19,051 19,662 19,843 - - 115,074 2018 MF 37,671 37,092 39,173 40,180 - - 234,414 F 18,392 18,054 19,110 19,685 - - 114,473 2019 MF 40,324 37,888 37,128 39,180 - - 235,039 F 19,616 18,516 18,091 19,101 - - 114,739 2020 MF 37,363 40,755 38,019 37,236 - - 39,133 40,144 232,650 F 18,227 19,839 18,589 18,151 - - 19,102 19,685 113,593 Note: 1) The channelling of Primary 3 students into Primary 4 Normal, Extended and Monolingual streams was replaced in 1992 by channelling at Primary 4 into Primary 5 EM1, EM2 and EM3 streams. 2) Total primary enrolment includes Primary 7 and Primary 8 students from the Extended and Monolingual streams. 3) Since 2004, the distinction between the EM1 and EM2 streams have been removed and schools were given the autonomy to decide on how best to band their students by ability, in ways that added the most educational value. Since 2008, Subject-based Banding was introduced for the Primary 5 cohort and streaming was removed. With Subject-based Banding, students are able to offer a mix of Standard or Foundation level subjects depending on their aptitude in each subject.

40,074 40,445 19,631 19,784

45,141 45,325 21,680 21,926 48,281 45,518 23,165 21,858 43,042 48,591 20,787 23,283 42,384 43,303 20,652 20,880 39,277 42,608 19,168 20,719 39,094 39,511 18,964 19,234 39,252 39,038 19,153 18,928 39,949 39,170 19,482 19,100 40,427 39,871 19,775 19,457