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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BURSARY (ISB) SCHEME
APPLICATION FORM
(This scheme applies only to Singaporean students in Independent schools, NUS High School of Math and
Science, and School of Science and Technology)
Section I: Particulars of child or children
MOE Scholarship
Birth Cert / NUSHS Mentor DSA/
Name (Underline Surname) Recipient
NRIC No Student ID Class (Indicate Scheme) if any
Non-DSA
Home / Mailing Address:
Person to contact for this application: Person to contact for this application:
Email Address: Contact No.:
Type of residence:
HDB___-room flat HDB Executive Flat Private Apartment Condominium Landed property
Others; please specify________________________________
Section II: Information on Other Household Members
If any child is receiving the MSF ComCare Short-to-Medium Term Assistance, or is a resident of an approved
welfare home, there is no need to complete Section II in respect of that child if you can provide a copy of the
ComCare approval letter, or a letter from the approved welfare home.
Otherwise, please include details of the parents and all unmarried siblings of the child or children identified in
Section I above. You may also include the grandparents of the child or children identified in Section I above if they
are living at the same address.
For instances where the child or children is living with the legal guardian, the household members will comprise
that of the legal guardian’s family taking care of the child or children identified in Section I instead (Please refer to
paragraphs 6 & 7 of Annex I for detailed instructions).
Gross Monthly Other Sources
Relationship
Name & Income (from of Income (e.g.
S/N & Marital Age Occupation
Birth Cert/NRIC No employment pension, rental
Status
and trade) income)
1
7
Total Gross Household Income1 (Sum of monthly income from
work and other sources of income)
1
Please refer to paragraphs 8 to 11 of Annex I as to how Gross Household Income is computed.
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Section III: Request for Free Textbooks and School Attire (Applicable for MOE ISB
Recipients who are eligible for 100% Fee Subsidy Only)
If your application is successful, your child or children identified in Section I above will enjoy full subsidy of school
and miscellaneous fees (where applicable), and will be eligible for free textbooks and school attire, if required,
comprising of 2 sets of uniforms, 2 sets of PE attire, a pair of shoes and 2 pairs of socks. The school will also notify
you on school meals subsidy that will be given to your child or children.
Section IV: Modes of Transport between Home and School (Applicable for MOE ISB
Recipients who are eligible for 100% Fee Subsidy Only)
Please tick (√) against only one of the boxes below to indicate the mode of transport that your child or children
identified in Section I above will use to travel between home and school:
Public Transport Own Transport or Walks to School
(Subsidy of $17 per month)2 (No Subsidy)
2 The public transport subsidy will be provided from the effective month of the MOE ISB till December of the year.
Section V: UPLIFT Scholarship (Applicable for MOE ISB Recipients who qualify for 100%
Fee Subsidy; and subsidy such that student pays the same fees as student studying in
government and government aided schools)
If your child or children identified in Section I above is/are admitted to the school through Direct School Admission
(DSA) and/or qualified for the Edusave Scholarships for Independent Schools (ESIS), your child or children identified
in the Section I will also be concurrently awarded the UPLIFT Scholarship of $1,000 cash award per annum, subject to
the renewal criteria stipulated in the award letter. You do not need to separately apply for the UPLIFT Scholarship.
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Section VI: Declaration and Agreement by Applicant (whether Parent or Legal Guardian3)
1. I hereby declare that none of the child / children* identified in Section I above are in receipt of financial
assistance from more than one MOE-funded school or institute of higher learning4.
2. I undertake to notify my child’s / children’s* current school in writing if, after submitting this form, any
of my child / children* receives financial assistance from more than one MOE-funded school or
institute of higher learning.
3. I acknowledge and agree with the instructions for applicants and eligibility criteria in Annex I. I agree
that MOE, or the school in which the child / children* identified in Section I above are enrolled in, may
at any time in their sole and absolute discretion request for additional information to:
(i) assess or reassess the financial situation of my household; or
(ii) reassess the financial assistance to be provided to my child or children in the course of the
calendar year.
4. I agree that any financial assistance provided to the child / any of the children* identified in Section I
above as a consequence of this application for financial assistance in this form may be withdrawn or
withheld in respect of that child / children if:
(i) MOE assesses, based on the new information provided under paragraph 3 of this Section VI, that
I am no longer entitled to financial assistance, or to a lower level of financial assistance;
(ii) I fail to provide any such additional information as required pursuant to paragraph 2 above of this
Section VI, to the satisfaction of either MOE or the relevant school(s); or
(iii) my declaration in paragraph 1 of this Section VI is false or, after the date of this declaration, the
child receives financial assistance from more than one MOE-funded school or institute of higher
learning; or
(iv) that child subsequently fails to meet any of the eligibility criteria in Annex I; or
(v) any of the information that I have provided to MOE or the relevant school(s) in connection with
the provision of financial assistance is subsequently found to be false, incomplete, or misleading.
5. I agree that MOE shall be entitled in its discretion to recover on demand any financial assistance
rendered if any of the circumstances in paragraph 4 arise, as a debt due and payable.
6. I agree and consent to the MOE, or any school(s) in which my child / children* identified in Section I
above are enrolled in, collecting, using, and disclosing all necessary data (including both my child /
children’s* and my personal data) to other parties, including other Government departments, statutory
boards, or entities involved in the administration of social assistance, for the purpose of determining
my child’s / children’s* eligibility for financial assistance, unless such sharing is prohibited by law. I
also confirm that I have obtained consent from the other persons listed in Section II above for the
sharing of their personal data for the abovementioned purpose.
7. I hereby declare that all information provided by me in this application form is correct and true. I
acknowledge that the information given by me in this form will or is likely to be used by a public servant
for the purposes of evaluating my financial assistance application and understand that giving false
information in this form or otherwise in connection with my application may constitute a criminal
offence punishable under Section 182 of the Penal Code 1871 and the punishment for such an offence
is imprisonment for up to two years or a fine, or both.
3
A legal guardian is one who is court-appointed, or has been appointed guardian of a child or children by virtue of a will. Please
submit the relevant documents to indicate that you are the legal guardian of the child or children.
4
“MOE-funded schools” include Government schools, Government-aided schools, Independent schools, Specialised
independent schools, and Specialised schools. “Institutes of higher learning” include ITE, the Polytechnics, Nanyang Academy
of Fine Arts, LaSalle College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore and the Autonomous universities.
* Please delete one.
Name, NRIC No. and Signature Date
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Annex I
Information & Instructions for Applicants
MOE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BURSARY (ISB) SCHEME
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND BENEFITS
1. Student must be a Singapore Citizen enrolled as a full-time student in an Independent School1 and
must not be enrolled in any other schools or institutes of higher learning.
2. The student must attend school regularly. As financial assistance is provided to assist students in
paying for expenses in connection with attending school, a student who fails to attend school regularly
for any reason (including but not limited to Leave of Absence, medical leave, or hospitalisation leave)
shall have his eligibility for financial assistance reassessed. In such circumstances, MOE is entitled
to withdraw, reduce and/or withhold financial assistance without providing further reasons.
3. The student must not be receiving financial assistance provided by more than one MOE-funded school
or institute of higher learning.
4. Please refer to the table below for the eligibility criteria at time of application and upon submission of
complete documents, and benefits provided under MOE ISB:
Income Criteria
(Meet one of the following criteria)
Monthly Gross Benefits with effect from 1 January 2023
Per Capita
Household
Income (PCI)2
Income (GHI)
• 100% subsidy of school and miscellaneous fees
• Free textbooks and school attire at Secondary
level; Annual bursary of $1,200 at Pre-universary
level
Not exceeding Not exceeding • Full subsidy of exam fees3
$3,000 $750 • Transport Subsidy: $17 per month from the month
of approval, up to $204 per annum4 (for students
taking public transport)
• School meal subsidies that pay for 10 meals per
school week for secondary level
Subsidy such that student pays the same fee5 as
student studying in government and government-
aided schools (GGAS). (Except for NUS High Year 5
$3,001-$4,400 $751-$1,100
and 6 pupils who will continue to receive 90% fee
subsidy until the fee payable exceeds the prevailing
GGAS fee for pre-university pupils, for which the
$4,401-$7,500 $1,101-$1,875 Subsidy such that student pays 1.5x GGAS fee5
$7,501-$10,000 $1,876-$2,500 33% subsidy of school and miscellaneous fees
1
Include specialised independent schools, namely, NUS High School of Math and Science, and School of Science and
Technology. Does not include Singapore Sports School and School of the Arts which have their own schemes to provide
financial assistance for their students. Please refer to the schools’ website for information on their financial assistance
schemes.
2
PCI = Monthly GHI / No. of members in the same household.
3
Applicable only to Singapore Citizen students enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in
Government-funded schools. Exam fees for GCE ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels are waived for all Singapore Citizens in Government-
funded schools.
4
The public transport subsidy will only be provided from the effective month of the MOE ISB till December of the year.
5
GGAS fee comprises school fee and miscellaneous fee payable by Singapore Citizen students in a GGAS.
5. The student’s current school must be notified of any changes to any of the criteria in paragraphs 2 to
4 in writing.
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HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
6. Household members include the student, his/her parents, and unmarried siblings of the student,
regardless of the address.
7. Grandparents and other dependants living at the same address may be included on a case-by-case
basis. They include:
a. Relatives who are old or sick, and are unemployed and dependent on the family; and
b. Child dependent (where the family is the legal guardian).
GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME
8. Gross household income or “GHI” is the total combined income of all family members in the same
household, as defined in paragraphs 6 and 7 above. Household income includes any regular
allowances (e.g. overtime, transport, laundry, and etc) and employee's CPF contribution. Income from
other sources (e.g. pension and rental income) must also be included when calculating a family’s GHI.
9. The following sources of income will not be considered in the computation of GHI:
a. National Service allowance earned by National Servicemen;
b. Severance compensation and insurance payouts; and
c Alimony payment (including lump sum payment) received for the maintenance of child(ren) and/or
ex-spouse.
10. If an income earner is on no-pay leave as at the date of application for the MOE ISB, and the total
period of his or her no-pay leave is 6 months or less, his or her last drawn income will be included
when calculating a family’s GHI.
11. For students who are staying with one or more legal guardians, the income of the legal guardians and
their spouse who are staying in the same household will be taken into account when calculating the
GHI for the student’s family.
EFFECTIVE MONTH FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
12. Schools will process your application promptly if you have provided the complete information,
inclusive of complete required documents, indicated in the application form. All MOE ISB approved
will be valid till December of the year or when your child is no longer eligible for financial assistance,
whichever is earlier. Fresh applications will have to be submitted for each school year.
DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT
13. Please submit the following documents together with the application form:
a. CPF Transaction Statement or Contribution History for past 12 months. Log in to CPF
Mobile app with your Singpass > Select the menu option on the top left-hand corner > Select
‘Transaction History’ > Select the filter icon > Select ‘Employment Contributions’ and/or
‘Self-Employed Contributions’ options under Transaction Type and the corresponding
month range > Click ‘Apply’ > Select “Generate PDF” on the top-right hand corner to
download a copy of your CPF working contribution details.
b. Latest Income Tax Notice of Assessment for household members with other sources of income
and self-employed household member.
• If the self-employed household member is not required to pay tax or the latest tax
assessment does not reflect his or her current income status, the member is to complete an
additional declaration at Section A of Annex II.
• If the household member is not required to pay tax, the member can provide the page from
IRAS’s myTaxportal > notices/letters > individual, to show that he/she has no Tax Notice of
Assessment.
c. Latest payslip or a letter from the employer certifying gross monthly income (applicable only for
employed household member(s)).
d. Proof of other sources of income (e.g. rental, pension, and etc), if applicable.
e. Declaration of unemployment (if applicable).
• For household members who are unemployed and below age 63 and are not undertaking
full-time studies or undergoing full-time National Service – to complete declaration at Section
B of Annex II.
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f. Student/Matriculation card for full-time student at tertiary institutions (e.g. ITE, Polytechnics,
Universities, private schools) / military identification card for full-time National Servicemen (if
applicable).
g. Copies of NRIC of household members, other than parents and unmarried siblings of the child. If
there are other dependent children without NRIC, please submit copies of legal documents to
show that they are staying in the same address.
h. Where applicable, documents showing proof of legal guardianship (e.g. a court order or Letters
of Probate or Administration), for the purposes of Section VI of the application form.
i. Any other documents as and when required by the school for the purpose of verifying the
income and/or application.
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Annex II
DECLARATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT OR SELF-EMPLOYMENT
(Any undeclared section or non-submission of Annex II will automatically be treated as a
nil return)
SECTION A: DECLARATION OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Household members must complete this section if they are either:
Category (a) - Self-employed and not required to pay tax; or
Category (b) - The latest tax assessment does not reflect current income status.
I/We* declare that I am/we are* currently self-employed and my/our* current self-employment
income are* as follows:
Type of Self- Current Monthly Signature of
Name & NRIC No. Category* employment Self-employment Household
Income Member and Date
(a) / (b)
(a) / (b)
SECTION B: DECLARATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
I/We* declare that I am/we are* currently unemployed.
Signature of
Period of Reason for
Name & NRIC No. Household Member
Unemployment Unemployment
and Date
* Please delete one.
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