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 28.2.2026)
No. of Student-applications Processed 192 466 182 073 172 322
No. of Successful Student-applicants 184 258 173 965 164 882
Primary 91 563 83 845 78 456
Half grant 41 607 39 279 37 045
Full grant 49 956 44 566 41 411
Secondary 92 695 90 120 86 426
Half grant 36 280 35 988 35 165
Full grant 56 415 54 132 51 261
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 $776.4
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed $4,529 $4,600 $4,709