Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Amount of Edusave Contribution For 2024) Order 2023

No. S 894

Education Endowment and
Savings Schemes Act 1992

Education Endowment and
Savings Schemes (Amount of
Edusave Contribution For 2024)
Order 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(7) of the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes Act 1992, the Minister for Education makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Amount of Edusave Contribution For 2024) Order 2023 and comes into operation on 1 January 2024.

Qualifying date

2. For 2024, the qualifying date for every member of the Edusave Pupils Fund (except an individual who becomes in 2024 a member for the first time under section 8(1) of the Act) is 1 January 2024.

2024 contribution for full-time students

3. For 2024, the amount of contribution to be paid under section 9(1)(a) of the Act is —

(a)	$230 for each member who is a full-time student of a prescribed school and receiving primary education at any time during that year; and
(b)	$290 for each member who is a full-time student of a prescribed school and receiving secondary education at any time during that year.

2024 contribution for non-schooling members

4.—(1) For 2024, the amount of contribution to be paid under section 9(1)(b) of the Act is —

(a)

$230 for a non‑schooling member who is at least 7 years of age but below 13 years of age;

(b)

$230 for a non‑schooling member who —

(i)	is at least 13 years of age but below 15 years of age;
(ii)	is receiving home‑schooling in accordance with the terms and conditions in paragraph 3(2)(a) and (b)(i) and (ii) of the Compulsory Education (Exemption) Order (O 1) and such other terms and conditions as the Minister thinks fit under that Order; and
(iii)	did not perform, in 2023, at the Primary School Leaving Examination and the National Education Quiz, at such level of educational achievement as the Director‑General of Education may determine;

(c)

$230 for a non‑schooling member who —

(i)	is at least 13 years of age but below 17 years of age;
(ii)	does not attain 17 years of age at any time in 2024; and
(iii)	is receiving primary education in a designated school; and

(d)

$290 for a non‑schooling member not mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b) or (c), who —

(i)	is at least 13 years of age but below 17 years of age; and
(ii)	does not attain 17 years of age at any time in 2024.

(2) In this paragraph —

“designated school”, “home-schooling”, “National Education Quiz” and “Primary School Leaving Examination” have the meanings given by the Compulsory Education (Exemption) Order;

“non‑schooling member” means a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund who is not a full‑time student of a prescribed school at any time during 2024.

Made on 27 December 2023.

LAI CHUNG HAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education,
Singapore.

[EDUN S15-14-002; EDUN C15-14-007; EDUN N15-14-034; AG/LEGIS/SL/87A/2020/4 Vol. 1]

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