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
(as at 31.7.2024)
2024/2025
(as at 31.7.2024)
No. of Student-applications Processed 201 049 192 432  143 337 
No. of Successful Student-applicants 193 737 184 213 119 265
Primary 97 980 91 537 52 872
Half grant 42 108 41 594 24 790
Full grant 55 872 49 943 28 082
Secondary 95 757 92 676 66 393
Half grant 36 033 36 275 27 021
Full grant 59 724 56 401 39 372
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 $834.4 $475.1
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed $4,517 $4,529 $3,984
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.