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Where Can I Find MOE’s Education Statistics Digest and Downloadable Data?

Start with MOE’s Education Statistics Digest page for the official publication route. For figures you can work with in a spreadsheet, use MOE datasets on data.gov.sg, such as primary enrolment by level and age and secondary enrolment by level and course. Choose the table that actually answers your question.

Check the years covered, the unit, the agency and the footnotes before copying a number. A website update in 2026 does not automatically mean every figure describes 2026. For example, the primary-enrolment dataset reviewed here was updated on 31 March 2026 but its displayed coverage ends in 2025.

Did you know a change in category labels can make a tidy-looking comparison misleading? Read the notes alongside the data, especially when secondary-school arrangements change between cohorts. These sources describe the education system; they do not predict a child’s admission chances or tell you what an individual school currently offers.

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Find the digest and downloadable tables · Check years, categories and notes · Keep a usable source record

Which official source answers your question?

Your questionOfficial sourceWhat to check
Which publication should I open?MOE digest listingEdition, statistical reference year and available downloads
How many primary pupils are in a level and age group?MOE primary-enrolment datasetYear, level, age definition and filters
How is secondary enrolment classified?MOE secondary-enrolment datasetCourse categories, cohort changes and footnotes
Choose the source for the decision you need to make; read its scope and current instructions.

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Check the table before using the result

Confirm the agency is MOE, read the unit and footnotes, and check that every filter matches your question. If you combine tables, verify that their populations and time periods match; similar titles alone are not enough.

Begin with one answerable question

Write the question in a single sentence: “What was Primary 3 enrolment in the year I am studying?” is more useful than “Find school statistics.” Then identify the required level, period and breakdown. This keeps a school project from collecting unrelated numbers simply because they are easy to find.

Use the digest listing to locate the publication, and a named dataset when you need reusable rows. A table about enrolment cannot, by itself, answer a question about examination results, school quality or university selection. Keep the scope written beside your question.

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Separate the observation year from the download date

Record both the year being measured and when you accessed the source. For a time series, check its first and last years rather than assuming the newest website timestamp is a new observation. The primary dataset’s 2026 update and 2025 endpoint are a helpful reminder of this distinction.

If your requested year is absent, label it “not available in this table” instead of estimating it without explanation. When a newer edition appears, compare its coverage and notes before replacing an older file. The newest download is not necessarily the right period for a historical assignment.

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Read classification notes before comparing cohorts

The secondary-enrolment dataset notes that Full Subject-Based Banding removed the Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) courses starting with the 2024 Secondary 1 cohort. This matters when reading a series that spans different arrangements.

Do not casually rename an old course column as a Posting Group or an individual G-level subject. If two rows use different definitions, explain that limitation before drawing a trend line. Likewise, national enrolment data cannot confirm a particular school’s subject combination.

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Keep the evidence with the spreadsheet

Download the CSV where offered, but save the dataset title, official URL, coverage, update date and relevant notes with it. Before filtering, retain an untouched copy. This makes it possible to explain where a total came from and to recover if a filter removes the wrong rows.

For the primary age table, note that age is measured at the start of the year. Label your chart accordingly rather than adding your own birthday assumption. A useful chart caption identifies the population and year as clearly as the number.

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Your next useful step

Open one official dataset and write a short source note before downloading. For help thinking about historical comparisons, read our Singapore education statistics and interpretation article; use the official current table, not that historical article, as the authority for a new figure.

Explore the Singapore school pathways and education information collection for the wider route.

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Source routes and linked MOE datasets reviewed: 19 October 2026. Dataset coverage and update dates are distinct; recheck the live listing and table notes.

Explore the connected learning guides

Choose the question that brought you here. Open one useful guide, try a small task, and stop when you have what you need.

Take one question further

The same learning habit can travel across subjects, while each subject keeps its own methods. These routes help you notice a difficulty, understand one part of it, and return to something you can do.

A word is familiar, but using it is difficult.

Move from recognising a word to retrieving it in a new context. Understand vocabulary plateaus.

Try it without the guide: Choose one word you already know. Close the guide and use it in a new sentence. Explain why it fits; try another context tomorrow.

A piece of writing has ideas, but the reader loses the thread.

Make the order of events and the links between sentences clear. Explore composition writing.

Try it without the guide: Choose one short paragraph. Read the relevant explanation, close it, and revise the paragraph. Ask someone to tell you what happened and why.

The Mathematics seems familiar, but marks still disappear.

Find the first point where the working stops being reliable. Find Secondary 4 A-Math mark leakage.

Try it without the guide: For a Secondary 4 A-Math question you have attempted, locate the first uncertain line. Repair that step, then try a comparable question without the worked answer.

A Science fact is remembered, but the explanation is incomplete.

Connect the evidence to a scientific idea and the resulting change. Follow the Primary Science learning route.

Try it without the guide: Choose a familiar Primary Science example. Explain the evidence, the idea and the result without notes. Then change one condition and explain your prediction.

Two accounts of the world seem to disagree.

Check the question, source, date and evidence before combining claims. Explore the World Knowledge research library.

Try it without the guide: Take one claim. Find the source best placed to support it, note its date, and state what remains uncertain. Return to your original question.

There is plenty of help, but independence is hard to see.

Check what the learner can understand and do after support is removed. Understand how education works.

Try it without the guide: Choose one small task the child has practised. Agree on a calm, brief attempt without prompts. Use what happens to choose one next step, then stop.

For the structure behind these connections, read the eduKateSingapore runtime manifest and the eduKate ecosystem boot contract. The reader map describes public navigation; those manifests preserve the wider ownership and return rules.

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