Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards) Regulations

Education Endowment and Savings Schemes Act

(CHAPTER 87A, Section 24)

Rg 4

G.N. No. S 753/2007

REVISED EDITION 2010

(31st January 2010)

[1st January 2008]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards) Regulations.

Definitions

2. 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);

[Deleted by S 608/2012 wef 01/01/2012]

“course” means —

(a)	in relation to a pupil of a secondary school, such course offered by the secondary school as the Minister may approve for the purposes of this Part;
(b)	in relation to a pupil of a junior college, such course offered by the junior college as the Minister may approve for the purposes of this Part; and
(c)	in relation to a pupil of the Institute of Technical Education or a specified educational institution, such course offered by the Institute of Technical Education or specified educational institution as the Minister may approve for the purposes of this Part; [S 608/2012 wef 01/01/2012]

“GCE ‘O’ Level Examination” means the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education “Ordinary” Level Examination conducted for the purpose of assessing a pupil’s suitability for pre-university education;

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

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

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

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

“Government-aided junior college” means a junior college (not being an independent junior college) 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;

“Government-aided primary school” means a primary 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 for the defraying of the expenses incurred for conducting the school;

“Government-aided secondary school” means a 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;

“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 for the defraying of the expenses incurred for conducting the school;

“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 —

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

“independent school” means a secondary school which —

(a)	is specified in any order made under section 3(1) of the School Boards (Incorporation) Act; or
(b)	is set out in Part I of the Schedule to the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Rg 1);

“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;

“Institute of Technical Education” means the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore established under section 3 of the Institute of Technical Education Act (Cap. 141A);

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

“leave of absence fees”, in relation to a pupil, means the fees payable by him to the educational institution in which he is enrolled, during his period of absence from the educational institution under a leave of absence scheme of the educational institution;

“leave of absence scheme”, in relation to an educational institution, means a scheme offered by the educational institution, as required by the Ministry, under which a pupil of the educational institution may —

(a)	continue to be enrolled in the educational institution while he is absent from the educational institution for a period of time in order to accompany his parent who is, or parents who are, overseas for work or work-related training; and
(b)	resume attending the educational institution on the expiration of that period of time;

“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;

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

“Primary School Leaving Examination” means the Primary School Leaving Examination conducted for the purpose of assessing a pupil’s suitability for secondary education;

“qualifying integrated programme school” means —

(a)	an independent integrated programme school; or
(b)	a non-independent integrated programme school that collects any special additional miscellaneous fees;

“relevant examinations” means —

(a)

in the case of examinations taken by a pupil while he is a pupil in a primary school or secondary school, examinations conducted by his school for pupils in his standard and course or such other examinations as may be specified by the Minister; or

[S 608/2012 wef 01/01/2012]

(b)

in the case of examinations taken by a pupil while he is a pupil in a junior college or a full-time pupil in the Institute of Technical Education or a specified educational institution, examinations conducted by his junior college or the Institute of Technical Education or specified educational institution, as the case may be, for pupils reading the same course at the same level or such other examinations as may be specified by the Minister;

“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;

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

“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;

“special education school” means an educational institution set out in Part II of the Schedule to the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Rg 1);

[S 588/2010 wef 15/10/2010]

“specified educational institution” means an educational institution set out in Part III of the Schedule to the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Rg 1);

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

[S 608/2012 wef 01/01/2012]

[Deleted by S 608/2012 wef 01/01/2012]

Application of income of Endowment Fund for provision of scholarships, bursaries and awards

3. The income of the Endowment Fund may be paid out and expended —

(a)

under section 6(1)(b) of the Act, for the provision of scholarships to full-time pupils enrolled at any of the following educational institutions:

(i)	any Government school, Government-aided school or independent school; or
(ii)	any Government junior college, Government-aided junior college or independent junior college;

(b)

under section 6(1)(d) of the Act, for the provision of scholarships to any pupil enrolled in any educational institution referred to in paragraph (a) who is absent from the educational institution under a leave of absence scheme offered by that educational institution; and

(c)

under section 6(1)(d) of the Act, for the provision of bursaries and awards to any pupil enrolled in —

(i)	any educational institution referred to in paragraph (a);
(ii)	the Institute of Technical Education;
(iii)	any specified educational institution; or
(iv)	any special education school determined by the Minister. [S 588/2010 wef 15/10/2010]

Establishment of scholarships, bursaries and awards

4.—(1) There are hereby established the following scholarships, bursaries and awards, 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:

(a)	the Edusave Entrance Scholarships for Independent Schools;
(b)	the Edusave (Independent Schools) Yearly Awards;
(c)	the Edusave Scholarship for Integrated Programme Schools;
(d)	the Edusave (Integrated Programme Schools) Yearly Awards;
(e)	the Edusave Scholarships for Secondary Schools;
(f)	the Edusave Scholarships for Primary Schools;
(g)	the Edusave Merit Bursaries and Community Education Award Scheme; [S 588/2010 wef 15/10/2010]
(h)	the Edusave Good Progress Awards; [S 608/2012 wef 01/01/2012]
(i)	the Edusave Awards for Achievement, Good Leadership and Service; [S 608/2012 wef 01/01/2012]
(j)	the Achievement Awards for Special Education Schools; and [S 588/2010 wef 15/10/2010] [S 608/2012 wef 01/01/2012]
(k)	the Edusave Character Award. [S 608/2012 wef 01/01/2012]

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

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

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

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

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