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Mr Jayce Or and his wife Tracey (centre) with their six children. Charmaine (left), 15, was homeschooled before starting Secondary 1; Ryan, 13, followed in her footsteps. Faith (second from right), seven, and Emma (right), 10, are currently being homeschooled. The other children are 10-month-old Levi and three-year-old Jubilee.
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About half of the Singaporean children who are homeschooled make the switch to national schools, new figures show.
The figures refer to children who join primary schools or enter secondary schools after a period of homeschooling. They also include those who enrol in primary schools after not meeting the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) benchmark set for them by the Ministry of Education (MOE).
