Profile of students in the Gifted Education Programme

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Leon Perera, Aljunied GRC

Question

To ask the Minister for Education for each year in the past five years, what is the percentage breakdown of students admitted into the Gifted Education Programme by (i) housing type (ii) parents' education levels (iii) race and (iv) financial assistance status.

Response

1. Our schools offer a range of programmes catering to the diverse aptitudes and learning needs of their students, so that they realise their full potential. This includes the various learning support programmes for low progress students, as well as the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) and school-based provisions for high ability learners in our primary schools.

2. Over the past five years, students who join the GEP came from around 60% of primary schools each year, and about 45% of them lived in HDB flats.