Education Endowment Scheme (Edusave Scholarships) Regulations

Education Endowment Scheme Act

(CHAPTER 87A, Section 24(a))

Education Endowment Scheme
(Edusave Scholarships) Regulations

Rg 2

G.N. No. S 531/1992

REVISED EDITION 2001

(31st January 2001)

[1st January 1993]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Endowment Scheme (Edusave Scholarships) Regulations.

Definitions

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

“additional miscellaneous fees” means the additional miscellaneous fees payable by a pupil of a Government school or Government-aided school under regulation 91(1)(c) of the Education (Schools) Regulation (Cap. 87, Rg 1);

“formal insertion point” means such secondary or pre-university level at which a pupil may be enrolled in an integrated programme, as may be determined by the Minister;

“GCE “O” Level Examination” means the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education “Ordinary” Level Examination conducted for all secondary school pupils at the end of 4 or 5 years of secondary education, as the case may be, for the purpose of assessing their suitability for pre-university education;

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

“Government-aided primary school”, “Government-aided secondary school” or “Government-aided junior college” means, respectively, a primary school, secondary school or junior college which is —

(a)	established by any person other than the Government; and
(b)	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 or junior college;

“independent integrated programme school” means an integrated programme school that is an independent school or independent junior college;

“independent junior college” means a junior college which is —

(a)	specified in any order made under section 3(1) of the School Boards (Incorporation) Act (Cap. 284A); or
(b)	conducted by a governing board constituted under any written law;

“independent school” means a secondary school which is —

(a)	specified in any order made under section 3(1) of the School Boards (Incorporation) Act; or
(b)	conducted by a governing board constituted under any written law and which is listed under the heading “Independent Schools” in the Schedule to the Education Endowment Scheme (Prescribed Schools) Regulations (Rg 1);

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

“integrated programme pupil” means a pupil who is enrolled in an integrated programme;

“Integrated Programme Scholarship Test” means the test administered by the Ministry to determine whether an integrated programme pupil qualifies for the award of the Edusave Scholarship for Integrated Programme Schools;

“integrated programme school” means a secondary school or junior college which, on its own or jointly with another secondary school or junior college, conducts an integrated programme;

“junior college” includes any centralised institute or school which offers pre-university education;

“Ministry” means the Ministry of Education;

“non-independent integrated programme school” means an integrated programme school that is a Government secondary school, Government-aided secondary school, Government junior college or Government-aided junior college;

“preliminary examination” means the examination conducted by a secondary school for all secondary four or five pupils in the school before the GCE “O” Level Examination, the results of which are used to determine a pupil’s suitability for provisional enrolment in a junior college;

“Primary School Leaving Examination” means the Primary School Leaving Examination conducted for all primary school pupils at the end of 6 years of primary education for the purpose of assessing their suitability for secondary education;

“pupil” means a pupil who first commences his secondary education during or after 1993 in an independent school, a Government secondary school, a Government-aided secondary school, an independent junior college, a Government junior college or a Government-aided junior college;

“relevant subjects” means the subjects determined by the Minister to be subjects the scores of which are relevant for the purposes of assessing a pupil’s suitability for pre-university education;

“special additional miscellaneous fees” means any additional miscellaneous fees other than those normally payable by a pupil of a Government school or Government-aided school that is not an integrated programme school;

“standard miscellaneous fees” means the standard miscellaneous fees payable by a pupil of a Government school or a Government-aided school under regulation 91(1)(c) of the Education (Schools) Regulations (Cap. 87, Rg 1);

“stream”, in relation to —

(a)	a pupil in a primary school; or
(b)	a pupil in a secondary school who is not an integrated programme pupil,

means any classification of pupils of his standard in the school in which he is enrolled according to such academic criteria as the Minister may determine.

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Establishment of scholarships

3.—(1) There are hereby established —

(a)	the Edusave Entrance Scholarships for Independent Schools;
(b)	the Edusave (Independent Schools) Yearly Awards;
(ba)	the Edusave Scholarship for Integrated Programme Schools; [S 501/2004 wef 01/01/2004]
(bb)	the Edusave (Integrated Programme Schools) Yearly Awards; [S 501/2004 wef 01/01/2004]
(c)	the Edusave Scholarships for Secondary Schools; and
(d)	the Edusave Scholarships for Primary Schools,

a number of each of which shall be awarded annually in accordance with these Regulations out of such part of the income of the Endowment Fund as the Minister may designate for the purpose.

(2) The holder of an Edusave Entrance Scholarship for Independent Schools shall be known as an “Edusave (Independent Schools) Scholar”.

(2A) The holder of an Edusave Scholarship for Integrated Programme Schools shall be known as an “Edusave (Integrated Programme Schools) Scholar”.

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(3) The holder of an Edusave Scholarship for Secondary Schools shall be known as an “Edusave (Secondary Schools) Scholar”.

(4) The holder of an Edusave Scholarship for Primary Schools shall be known as an “Edusave (Primary Schools) Scholar”.

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