Number of students handled by roving and school-based student welfare officers

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang, Nee Soon GRC

Question

To ask the Minister for Education (a) for each year in the past five years, what is the mean and median number of students handled by each of the roving Student Welfare Officers (SWOs); and (b) what is the mean and median number of students handled by each of the school-based SWOs.

Response

1. On average, each Student Welfare Officer (SWO) based in school supports about 25 students in a year. Each roving SWO works with around 20 students across a number of schools.