Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on statistics of students who take the Council for Estate Agencies’ Real Estate Salespersons Examinations

Nov 3, 2020

Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for National Development in respect of the Council for Estate Agencies' Real Estate Salespersons Examinations (a) what is the annual number of students who take the examinations since the examinations were started; (b) of this, what is the annual percentage of students who (i) pass the examinations and (ii) are above 60 years old; and (c) of those above 60 years of age, what is the annual percentage who pass the examinations.

Answer:

From 2011 to 2019, an average of about 8,000 candidates took the Council for Estate Agencies' Real Estate Salesperson examination each year. The average annual passing rate was about 30%.

On average, less than 5% of the candidates who took the examination were above 60 years old. The annual average passing rate for this group of candidates was in line with the overall average, at about 30%.