Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 09 Oct 2020

No. S 878

Education Endowment and Savings Schemes Act

(CHAPTER 87A)

Education Endowment and Savings Schemes
(Edusave Pupils Fund) (Amendment No. 2)
Regulations 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) of the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes Act, the Minister for Education makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 9 October 2020.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Rg 1) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “child”, the following definition:

“ “digital learning programme” means —

(a)	in relation to a secondary school, any digital learning programme that is approved by the Government for secondary schools, including the Personalised Digital Learning Programme; and
(b)	in relation to a junior college, any digital learning programme that is approved by that junior college;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “member”, the following definition:

“ “personal learning device” means a portable computing device that may be used for learning purposes, including a laptop or tablet computer;”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “second‑tier miscellaneous fees”, the following definition:

“ “secondary school” means a school for providing full‑time secondary education, and includes any institution which provides secondary education under an integrated programme;”.

Amendment of regulation 5

3. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (h), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(ha)

where the member is a student of any secondary school or junior college, the whole or part of the expenses payable for the following items relating to the purchase of a personal learning device for the member’s use under a digital learning programme conducted by that secondary school or junior college:

(i)	the cost of the personal learning device and its accessories;
(ii)	applications or software to be installed on the personal learning device;
(iii)	hardware warranty for the personal learning device;
(iv)	insurance coverage for the personal learning device; and”.

Deletion of regulation 7A

4. Regulation 7A of the principal Regulations is deleted.

[G.N. Nos. S 589/2010; S 603/2012; S 733/2013; S 735/2014; S 665/2017; S 46/2020]

Made on 7 October 2020.

LAI CHUNG HAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education,
Singapore.

[EDUN S15-14-002; EDUN C15-014-007; EDUN N15-14-034; AG/LEGIS/SL/87A/2015/7 Vol. 1]

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