PROGRAMMES

Financial Assistance / Bursary and Scholarship Schemes

Financial assistance is available to needy students. Financial schemes such as:

HCI Needy Pupils Fund, Talent Development Fund (TDF)
Internationalisation Fund (IF)
Singapore Buddhist Lodge Bursary
CDAC-SFCCA Bursary
Thio Keng Loei Bursary
Koh Brothers Scholarship
Koh Choon Joo Scholarship
Tan Sri Dr Tan Chin Tuan Scholarship

and for Singaporean students only:

Opportunity Fund, Edusave Fund, Independent Schools Bursary Scheme (ISB),
Edusave Entrance Scholarships for Independent Schools (EESIS)
Newly Eligible EESIS - for new Singaporean students who met the PSLE aggregate cut-off score
for EESIS for their batch.
Edusave Scholarships for Integrated Programme Schools (ESIP) from secondary 3
Edusave (Independent Schools) Yearly Award (E [IS] YA)
Edusave Merit Bursary (EMB) / Good Progress Award (GPA) / Eagles Award

Students who require financial assistance at any point of time can always approach the
Education Consultant of their Consortium directly or through their Form Teacher for help. The
details of the various bursary schemes will be announced as and when application opens. Students may
also approach the Dean/ Student Care for advice.

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Awards

Students can also vie for the following awards:
Outstanding Subject Performance Award
Xue Yong Shu Model Student Award
Zheng An Lun Model Student Award
Hwa Chong-GIC Excellence Award
Hwa Chong-Tooh Fee San Excellence Award
Outstanding Student Award

Independent Schools Bursary Scheme
Eligibility Criteria And Benefits

Eligibility Criteria

Student is a Singapore Citizen, and meets one of the income criteria shown in the table below.
 

Tenure of Bursary

All IS Bursary cases approved will be valid till Dec of the year. Fresh applications will have to be submitted for each academic year.
 

Effective Month

Student can apply any time of the year. The effective month will be the month the application is approved. There will be no backdating of effective month.
 

Income Criteria and Benefits

The income limits and benefits are as shown in the Table below:

 * Please note that the annual award quantum cap of $2,400 for all MOE scholarships will apply to all students. For scholarship award holders who are receiving other quantum of ISB subsidy, school fees payable per month is $15 at Secondary School level and $19.50 at College level.

Students need only satisfy either the monthly Gross Household Income (GHI) or the PCI criterion to qualify for ISB. Generally, household members include the parents, unmarried siblings and grandparents of the student.  Other dependents living in the same household may be included on a case-by-case basis. These include:

(i) Relatives who are old or sick and are unemployed and dependent on the family (e.g. great grandparents, grand uncle, disabled aunty, etc), and

(ii) Child dependents (e.g. cousin whose parents cannot be located and the family is the legal guardian of the child).  
 

If the PCI criterion is used and the household members include grandparents or other dependents, copies of their NRICs are to be submitted to prove that they are living at the same address.   If child dependents are included, relevant legal documents are required to prove that they are under the custody of the family.

Explanatory Note

Household members include the student, his/her parents, grandparents and unmarried siblings living at the same address. Other dependents living in the same household may be included on a case-by-case basis. These include:

(i) Relatives who are old or sick and are unemployed and dependent on the family (e.g. great grandparents, grand uncle, disabled niece, etc); and

(ii) Child dependents (e.g. cousin whose parents cannot be located and the family is the legal guardian of the child).

  
Gross income is income including regular allowances before deducting CPF contribution.   Household income is the total income earned by ALL members of the household.  It includes alimony (maintenance allowance) received by a divorced mother;  pension received by a household member who is a pensioner; regular overtime allowance, meal and transport allowance, etc  and income from other sources such as rental or investment income.  It excludes bonuses, ad hoc overtime allowance, full- time National Service allowance received by NS men, severance compensation and insurance payouts, etc.
 

For a student who has no parents and is under the care of a relative who is a legal guardian, the relative’s household income will apply.