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
(as at 31.8.2025)
2025/2026
(as at 31.8.2025)
No. of Student-applications Processed 192 466 182 073 138 201
No. of Successful Student-applicants 184 258 173 965 124 988
Primary 91 563 83 845 54 328
Half grant 41 607 39 279 25 537
Full grant 49 956 44 566 28 791
Secondary 92 695 90 120 70 660
Half grant 36 280 35 988 29 088
Full grant 56 415 54 132 41 572
Grant Rates
P1 - P6 $5,804 $6,004 Note
S1 - S3 $6,100 $6,204 Note
S4 $6,108 $6,184 Note
S5 $5,594 $5,612 Note
S6 $3,522 $3,560 Note
Total Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (million) $834.6 $800.2 $508.1
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed $4,529 $4,600 $4,065
Note :

Since the Textbook Assistance (TA) grant rates for the 2025/26 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 2024/25 school year. As and when the TA grant rates for 2025/26 are available, the SFO would make corresponding adjustment based on the latest rates.