Financial Assistance Schemes for Primary & Secondary Students

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Overview

The Student Finance Office administers various financial assistance schemes for needy primary and secondary students, including the School Textbook Assistance (TA) Scheme, the Student Travel Subsidy Scheme and the Subsidy Scheme for Internet Access Charges (SIA). Please click here for details of the schemes.

School Textbook Assistance Scheme

School Textbook Assistance Scheme
Summary of Statistics
2022/2023 2023/2024 2024/2025
(as at 30.9.2024)
No. of Student-applications Processed 201 049 192 466  151 792 
No. of Successful Student-applicants 193 737 184 258 140 108
Primary 97 980 91 563 61 708
Half grant 42 108 41 607 29 068
Full grant 55 872 49 956 32 640
Secondary 95 757 92 695 78 400
Half grant 36 033 36 280 32 048
Full grant 59 724 56 415 46 352
Grant Rates
P1 - P6 $5,726 $5,804 Note
S1 - S3 $6,012 $6,100 Note
S4 $6,108 $6,108 Note
S5 $5,304 $5,594 Note
S6 $3,506 $3,522 Note
Total Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (million) $875.1 $834.6 $557.8
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed $4,517 $4,529 $3,981
Note :

Since the Textbook Assistance (TA) grant rates for the 2024/25 school year are being formulated, the Student Finance Office (SFO) has preliminarily disbursed the provisional TA to eligible applicants with reference to the respective TA grant rates for the 2023/24 school year. As and when the TA grant rates for 2024/25 are available, the SFO would make corresponding adjustment based on the latest rates.