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Private school enrolments dive amid Covid and border curbs

Annabeth Leow

Annabeth Leow

Published Tue, Oct 12, 2021 · 05:50 AM
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FOREIGN student enrolment in Singapore has plunged over the past year and a half, official statistics obtained by The Business Times (BT) show.

On the flip side, the number of Singaporeans applying to study overseas also dived.

The number of international students fell to about 59,000 as at end-August 2021, down by 13.5 per cent from 68,200 as at end-April 2020, according to figures from the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).

The share of student pass holders…

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