SINGAPORE: New and existing lower-income students will pay reduced university and polytechnic school fees from the next academic year with the Ministry of Education set to increase Government bursaries.
This means a lower-income polytechnic student will pay S$150 a year, as compared to the previous S$600 a year, with a bursary. The full fees for a polytechnic diploma are around S$3,000 a year.Mr Lee said the move is aimed at making Singapore’s education system “as accessible as possible”. To qualify for the Community Development Councils/Citizens’ Consultative Committees bursary, Singapore citizens must have a GHI of S$4,000 and below, or PCI of S$1,000 and below.
“We should not let the cost of medical school deter good students from studying medicine,” Mr Lee added. “In fact, we want doctors to have diverse educational and family backgrounds.”Mr Lee also expressed hopes that universities, polytechnics and ITE will set up more of their own bursaries to complement Government bursaries, with alumni and the community contributing “generously”.
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