Breakdown of New Hires for Graduate Roles in Public Service and Civil Service from 2013 to 2017

1 Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Prime Minister what is the breakdown of new hires for graduate roles in the Public Service and Civil Service for each of the past five years according to graduates from local autonomous universities, local private educational institutes and overseas universities.

Mr Chan Chun Sing (for the Prime Minister): Between 2013 and 2017, the Civil Service¹ hired an average of about 2,800 officers per year for roles at or above the entry-level grade for fresh graduates. Of these new hires, an average of 65% were from local autonomous universities, 4% were from local private educational institutes and 24% were from overseas universities. The remaining were non-graduates.