ALL but two of the 152 children reported missing from this year's Primary 1 cohort have been found to be residing overseas.

Earlier this month, The Straits Times reported that the Ministry of Education was looking for the children who did not register for Primary 1 classes this year.

The ministry has tracked them down and ascertained that 150 of them no longer live in Singapore.

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