Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations

Education Endowment and Savings Schemes Act

(CHAPTER 87A, Section 24)

Rg 1

G.N. No. S 750/2007

REVISED EDITION 2010

(31st January 2010)

[1st January 2008]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“additional miscellaneous fees” means the additional miscellaneous fees payable under regulation 91(1)(c) of the Education (Schools) Regulations (Cap. 87, Rg 1);

“adopted” means adopted by virtue of an order of court under any written law in Singapore or elsewhere;

“autonomous school” means a Government school or a Government-aided school which is granted such degree of autonomy over its administration and curriculum as the Minister may determine;

“child” includes any adopted child and any illegitimate child;

“Edusave Scheme Administrator” means the public officer appointed by the Minister for the purposes of these Regulations;

“Government school” means a primary school or secondary school organised and conducted directly by the Government;

“Government-aided school” means a primary school or secondary school (not being an independent school) which —

(a)	is established by any person other than the Government; and
(b)	is conducted by a committee of management which is in receipt of a grant-in-aid from the Government under the Education (Grant-in-Aid) Regulations (Cap. 87, Rg 3) for the defraying of the expenses incurred for conducting the school;

“independent school” means a secondary school which —

(a)	is specified in any order made under section 3(1) of the School Boards (Incorporation) Act (Cap. 284A); or
(b)	is set out in Part I of the Schedule;

“integrated programme” means a programme which provides an integrated secondary and pre-university education;

“junior college” means an institution for providing full-time pre-university education, and includes any centralised institute or school which provides pre-university education;

“member” means a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund;

“prescribed school” has the same meaning as in section 9(6) of the Act;

“primary school” means a school for providing full-time primary education;

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

“second-tier miscellaneous fees” means the second-tier miscellaneous fees payable under regulation 91(1)(c) of the Education (Schools) Regulations (Cap. 87, Rg 1);

“special education school” means a school which provides special education for pupils with physical or mental disabilities and which is set out in Part II of the Schedule;

“specified educational institution” means an educational institution set out in Part III of the Schedule;

“standard miscellaneous fees” means the standard miscellaneous fees payable under regulation 91(1)(c) of the Education (Schools) Regulations.

(2) For the purposes of the Act and these Regulations —

(a)	“school age” means any age between 6 years and 21 years as at 1st January of any year; and
(b)	a child shall be deemed to be of school age if he has attained the age of 6 years but has not attained the age of 21 years as at 1st January of any year.

(3) For the purposes of section 9 of the Act and these Regulations, the educational institutions set out in the Schedule are prescribed schools.

Requirements for membership in Edusave Pupils Fund

3. A child shall become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund if, in addition to satisfying the requirements of section 8(a) and (b) of the Act, he is a pupil of a prescribed school.

Eligibility for payment of prescribed amount of contribution under section 9(1) of Act

4. The Edusave Scheme Administrator shall determine the eligibility of a member for the payment of the prescribed amount of contribution under section 9(1) of the Act.

Purposes for which moneys in Edusave account may be withdrawn

5. The moneys standing to the credit of a member in his Edusave account may be withdrawn under section 12(2) of the Act for the purpose of paying —

(a)

where the member is a pupil of any independent school or special education school, such amount of the fees payable by him to the school which exceeds the school fees and standard miscellaneous fees which would have been payable by him had he been a pupil of a Government school or a Government-aided school;

(b)

where the member is a pupil of any Government school or Government-aided school —

(i)	the second-tier miscellaneous fees payable by him to the school; and
(ii)	if the Government school or Government-aided school is an autonomous school, the additional miscellaneous fees payable by him to the school;

(c)

where the member is a pupil of any specified educational institution, such fees and charges payable by him to the specified educational institution as may be approved by the Minister;

(d)

where the member is a student of any junior college, such fees and charges payable by him to the junior college as may be approved by the Minister;

(e)

where the member is enrolled in an integrated programme in any prescribed school or junior college, such fees and charges payable by him to the prescribed school or junior college as may be approved by the Minister; and

(f)

where the member is a pupil of any prescribed school or a student of any junior college, the whole or part of the expenses of any extra-curricular activity or enhancement programme conducted by the prescribed school or junior college.

Application for withdrawal of moneys from Edusave account

6.—(1) Every application for the withdrawal of moneys from a member’s Edusave account shall be made to the Edusave Scheme Administrator in such form as may be required by the Edusave Scheme Administrator.

(2) The duly completed application form and any supporting documents which may be required by the Edusave Scheme Administrator shall be submitted to the Edusave Scheme Administrator through the prescribed school or junior college of which the member is a pupil or student.

(3) The manner in which the moneys in a member’s Edusave account may be withdrawn and the minimum amount which may be withdrawn at any one time shall be determined by the Minister.

Application of moneys withdrawn from Edusave account

7.—(1) Where the Edusave Scheme Administrator has approved an application for the withdrawal of moneys from a member’s Edusave account, the Board shall cause the necessary arrangements to be made for the amount withdrawn to be remitted to the Ministry of Education or the prescribed school or junior college of which the member is a pupil or student, whichever is applicable.

(2) Upon receipt of the amount remitted under paragraph (1), the Ministry of Education or the prescribed school or junior college, as the case may be, shall cause the necessary arrangements to be made for the amount of the withdrawal to be applied to pay the fees, charges or expenses in respect of which the withdrawal was made.

Insufficiency of moneys in Edusave account

8. Where the balance in a member’s Edusave account is insufficient to pay any fees, charges or expenses in respect of which an application has been made for the withdrawal of moneys from the member’s Edusave account, the amount of such fees, charges or expenses which remains unpaid shall be paid for in cash by the parents or guardian of the member, if he has not attained the age of 21 years, or by the member, if he has attained the age of 21 years.

Refund of member’s moneys to Edusave Pupils Fund

9.—(1) Where —

(a)	any amount standing to the credit of a member in his Edusave account has been remitted, under regulation 7(1), to the Ministry of Education or to the prescribed school or junior college of which the member is a pupil or student; but
(b)	the whole or any part of that amount is not used for the purpose for which it was remitted,

the Ministry of Education, prescribed school or junior college, as the case may be, shall refund the unused whole or part of that amount, or such portion thereof as the Edusave Scheme Administrator may allow, to the Edusave Pupils Fund to the credit of the member.

(2) Every refund under paragraph (1) shall be made in such manner as may be required by the Edusave Scheme Administrator.

Unclaimed moneys in Edusave Pupils Fund

10. Any amount in the Edusave Pupils Fund which is unclaimed may be transferred to the Endowment Fund in accordance with section 7(5) of the Act.

Statements of accounts

11.—(1) The Board shall issue a statement of account to every member at least once in every 12 months.

(2) Every statement of account referred to in paragraph (1) shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as the Board may determine.

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