The Financing of Education

In 1997, government recurrent expenditure on education per student was as follows: primary level, 3,230 Singapore dollars (S$); secondary level, S$4,845; junior colleges, S$7,715; Institute of Technical Education, S$8,942; polytechnics, S$8,856; universities (including the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and the National Institute of Education), S$19,926. (Singapore Department of Statistics, 1998)

In 2001, public expenditure for educational institutions amounted to 4.1% of the Gross Domestic Product.