Financial Assistance Schemes for Primary & Secondary Students

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Overview

The Student Finance Office administers various financial assistance schemes for needy primary and secondary students, including the School Textbook Assistance (TA) Scheme, the Student Travel Subsidy Scheme and the Subsidy Scheme for Internet Access Charges (SIA). Please click here for details of the schemes.

School Textbook Assistance Scheme

School Textbook Assistance Scheme
Summary of Statistics
2023/2024 2024/2025 2025/2026
(as at 31.12.2025)
No. of Student-applications Processed 192 466 182 073 169 579
No. of Successful Student-applicants 184 258 173 965 161 946
Primary 91 563 83 845 76 922
Half grant 41 607 39 279 36 401
Full grant 49 956 44 566 40 521
Secondary 92 695 90 120 85 024
Half grant 36 280 35 988 34 761
Full grant 56 415 54 132 50 263
Grant Rates
P1 - P6 $5,804 $6,004 $6,206
S1 - S3 $6,100 $6,204 $6,338
S4 $6,108 $6,184 $6,328
S5 $5,594 $5,612 $5,744
S6 $3,522 $3,560 $3,634
Total Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (million) $834.6 $800.2 $761.5
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed $4,529 $4,600 $4,702