Financial Assistance
Application or Renewal for the MOE Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) for the year 2020
Who is it for?
The MOE FAS helps financially
needy Singapore Citizen students, in our Government and Government-Aided
Schools, to meet basic schooling expenses.
As FAS for the year 2019 expires on 31 December 2019, parents/guardians who wish to apply for FAS for the year 2020 are required to submit a new application for consideration and approval.
Income Criterion
|
GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME |
OR |
*PER CAPITA INCOME |
|
$2750 or below |
$690 or below |
Benefits
|
Items |
Academic Level |
|
|
Primary |
Secondary |
|
|
School Fees |
Not applicable |
Full waiver of $5.00 per month |
|
Standard Miscellaneous Fees |
Full waiver of $6.50 per month |
Full waiver of $10.00 per month |
|
Textbooks |
Free textbooks |
|
|
School Attire |
Free school attire |
|
|
Transport
Subsidy* |
50% of school bus fares, for students taking school bus OR $120 transport credits per annum, for
students taking public transport |
$120 transport credits per annum, for students
taking public transport |
|
Bursary |
Not applicable |
|
How to apply?
·
Application for MOE FAS for Primary 1 to
Primary 5 students, in 2020:
Parents/Guardians with children studying in
different Government or Government-aided schools need to complete only ONE application form for all the
school-going children and submit the
form to the school of ANY child. The school which receives the application
form will inform parents/guardians of the outcome for all the children, via a
letter.
NOTE: For
parents/guardians who applied for MOE FAS through the sibling’s school, please submit the approval letter to Rivervale
Primary School’s General Office as soon as the approval letter is received in
order to better facilitate the issuance of the free textbooks and school
attire.
·
Application for MOE FAS for Primary 6 students
going to Secondary 1, in 2020:
Primary 6 students can apply for MOE FAS at their primary
school before the release of the PSLE
results in November 2019. The primary school will process the application
and inform parents/guardians of the outcome, via a letter. After the release of
the posting results, a copy of the
approval letter is to be submitted to the secondary school to alert them of the
grant.
Parents/Guardians
may refer to the MOE FAS 2020 leaflet that was distributed to your child/ward
for more information on the scheme.
All application
forms are to be duly signed and
submitted together with copies of all relevant documents to the school’s
General Office by Thursday, 31 October 2019.
We seek your kind understanding that incomplete submissions or failing to
submit by the deadline will delay the processing of applications.
Parents/Guardians are advised not to purchase any textbooks and/or school attire before receiving the outcome of your application. Parents/Guardians will be informed of the outcome of the application via phone call by end-November 2019.