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 —

[Deleted by S 895/2023 wef 01/01/2024]

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

“assistive learning device” means any item, device, equipment or system —

(a)	for use by an individual with a physical or sensory disability to perform an academic or learning function which may otherwise be difficult for that individual due to the physical or sensory disability; and
(b)	approved by the Edusave Scheme Administrator for a member; [S 975/2021 wef 01/01/2022]

“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;

“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;
(b)	in relation to a junior college, any digital learning programme that is approved by that junior college; and
(c)	in relation to a special education school, any digital learning programme that is approved by the Government for special education schools, including the Personalised Digital Learning Programme; [S 736/2021 wef 01/10/2021]

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

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“Government‑aided school” means a school (not being an independent school) which —

(a)	is established by a person other than the Government; and
(b)	is conducted by a committee of management in receipt of a grant‑in‑aid from the Government to defray the costs and expenses of conducting the school; [S 735/2014 wef 10/11/2014]

“independent school” means a 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; [S 735/2014 wef 10/11/2014]

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

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

“miscellaneous fees” consists of all or any of the fees payable under regulation 91(1)(c) and (ca) of the Education (Schools) Regulations (Rg 1);

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

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

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

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

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(3) For the purposes of the Act, the educational institutions set out in the Schedule are prescribed schools.

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Edusave Qualifying Ages

3. For the purposes of the Act, the Edusave Qualifying Ages means the age range that spans from 7 years old to 16 years old (both ages inclusive).

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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 student of any independent school or special education school, such amount of the fees payable by him to the school which exceeds the school fees which would have been payable by him had he been a student of a Government school or a Government-aided school;

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(b)

where the member is a student of any Government school or Government‑aided school, the miscellaneous fees payable by him to the school;

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(c)

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

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(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;

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(f)

where the member is a student of any prescribed school or junior college, for the whole or part of the expenses payable for any enrichment programme approved by the prescribed school or junior college;

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(g)

where the member is a student attending an educational institution in Singapore that is neither a prescribed school nor a junior college, for the whole or part of the expenses payable for an enrichment programme conducted wholly in Singapore, being a programme organised by the educational institution and of the type or within the category of programmes approved by the Edusave Scheme Administrator;

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(h)

where the member receives home-schooling in accordance with paragraph 3(1)(b) of the Compulsory Education (Exemption) Order (Cap. 51, O 1), for the cost incurred by the member’s parent for organising or enrolling the member in an enrichment programme conducted wholly in Singapore and of the type or within the category of programmes approved by the Edusave Scheme Administrator;

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(ha)

where the member is a student of any secondary school, junior college or special education school, 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, junior college or special education school:

(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; [S 878/2020 wef 09/10/2020] [S 975/2021 wef 01/01/2022] [S 736/2021 wef 01/10/2021]

(hb)

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 an assistive learning device for the member’s use:

(i)	the cost of the assistive learning device and its accessories;
(ii)	applications or software to be installed on the assistive learning device;
(iii)	hardware warranty for the assistive learning device;
(iv)	insurance coverage for the assistive learning device; and [S 975/2021 wef 01/01/2022]

(i)

in any other case, for the cost incurred by a member’s parent for organising or enrolling the member in an enrichment programme that is conducted wholly in Singapore and is approved by the Edusave Scheme Administrator.

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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 must be submitted to the Edusave Scheme Administrator —

(a)	where the member is a student of a prescribed school, junior college or other educational institution in Singapore, through the prescribed school, junior college or educational institution, as the case may be; and
(b)	in any other case, by the member’s parent. [S 735/2014 wef 10/11/2014]

(3) An application may be a standing order for withdrawals to pay the fees, charges and expenses mentioned in section 13(2) of the Act or regulation 5 and selected in the application form, whenever they become payable.

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(4) The member’s parent, or, where the member is at least 21 years old, the member, may by written notice to the Edusave Scheme Administrator request the cancellation of a standing order.

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(5) The written notice mentioned in paragraph (4) must be submitted to the Edusave Scheme Administrator —

(a)	where the member is a student of a prescribed school, junior college or other educational institution in Singapore, through the prescribed school, junior college or educational institution, as the case may be; and
(b)	in any other case, by the member’s parent, or, where the member is at least 21 years old, by the member.

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(6) A withdrawal under a standing order must not be made after the Edusave Scheme Administrator has cancelled the standing order.

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Manner of withdrawal and application of moneys withdrawn from Edusave account

7.—(1) Where the Edusave Scheme Administrator has approved an application to withdraw an amount of money from a member’s Edusave account, the Edusave Scheme Administrator is to transfer, by electronic fund transfer, the amount approved from the Edusave account —

(a)	where the application was submitted through a prescribed school or junior college, to the designated bank account in Singapore of the prescribed school or junior college, as the case may be; or
(b)	where the application was submitted through an educational institution in Singapore that is neither a prescribed school nor a junior college, to the designated bank account in Singapore of the educational institution, or of the member or another person as the Edusave Scheme Administrator may approve in so far as the educational institution declines receiving payment of those moneys; or
(c)	in any other case, to the designated bank account in Singapore of that member, or of another person as the Edusave Scheme Administrator may approve.

(2) The prescribed school, junior college, educational institution or parent, as the case may be, must ensure that an amount equal to the amount transferred under paragraph (1) pursuant to an application to withdraw is applied to the purposes for which the application to withdraw was made.

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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.

Where moneys withdrawn from Edusave account are not used for purpose of withdrawal

9.—(1) Where an amount transferred from a member’s Edusave account to another person’s designated bank account referred to in regulation 7(1) is not used or not fully used (called the unused amount), that other person must refund an amount equal to the unused amount.

(2) The unused amount must be refunded in such manner as the Edusave Scheme Administrator may require and the refund must be made —

(a)	to the Edusave Pupils Fund to the member’s credit; or
(b)	where the member’s Edusave account is closed when the refund is to be made and the member is a member of the PSE Fund, to the PSE Fund to the member’s credit as a member of that Fund. [S 735/2014 wef 10/11/2014]

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 Edusave Scheme Administrator shall issue a statement of account to every member at least once in every 12 months.

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

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