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
2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027
(as at 30.9.2026)
No. of Student-applications Processed 182 073 173 341 138 055
No. of Successful Student-applicants 173 965 165 931 128 075
Primary 83 845 78 989 54 645
Half grant 39 279 37 255 25 362
Full grant 44 566 41 734 29 283
Secondary 90 120 86 942 73 430
Half grant 35 988 35 292 30 367
Full grant 54 132 51 650 43 063
Grant Rates
P1 - P6 $6,004 $6,206 Note
S1 - S3 $6,204 $6,338 Note
S4 $6,184 $6,328 Note
S5 $5,612 $5,744 Note
S6 $3,560 $3,634 Note
Total Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (million) $800.2 $781.9 $535.3
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed $4,600 $4,712 $4,179
Note :
Since the Textbook Assistance (TA) grant rates for the 2026/27 school year are being formulated, the Student Finance Office (SFO) has preliminarily disbursed the provisional TA to eligible applicants with reference to the respective TA grant rates for the 2025/26 school year. As and when the TA grant rates for 2026/27 are available, the SFO would make corresponding adjustment based on the latest rates.