1.Who can qualify for the Scholarship?
The student must either be a Singapore citizen or a Permanent Resident of Singapore.
2. What is the minimum education level to qualify?
The student must be pursuing at least secondary level education in Singapore.
3. Which students are eligible to apply for the Scholarship?
Students in need i.e. with physical or intellectual disabilities who have displayed scholastic aptitude, and are attending Secondary schools, Institute of Technical Education, Junior College, Pre-University, Polytechnic, Tertiary Institutions or Special Schools.
Physically impaired students, including students with hearing and visual impairments, and students with intellectual disabilities who are attending a Special School.
4. Who are the students who qualify for the Scholarship?
They include students who have Special Educational Needs (SEN), because of developmental disabilities/conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, specific language impairment (SLI), dyspraxia, dysgraphia, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) etc. The students must be attending a Special School.
5. Who are students with intellectual disabilities?
6. Do students with physical/intellectual disabilities need to support their applications with formal diagnosis from a medical professional?
Yes, but if they are unable to produce a certified report because for eg the report has been misplaced, they have to state the reasons for the non-production in the application form and attach a report from the school evidencing the disability.
7. Is there any criteria on academic results for secondary school applicants?
There is no strict criteria but the student must do reasonably well and pass most of his/her subjects with fairly good grades.
8. Who can provide recent testimonials for the students?
The Year Head / Form Teacher / Subject Teacher / CCA Teacher /Class teacher who knows the applicant well, meaning that this teacher must have taught the student in the past year or is currently teaching the student.
9. If the parents are self employed, how do they send evidence of their income?
If the parents do not have their IRAS Notice of Assessment, please submit the estimated income per month, and state the parents’ occupation accordingly.
10. How will successful applicants receive their scholarship awards?
A cheque will be issued in the name of the school or institution and the respective teachers will disburse the awards to the successful applicants. For Tertiary students, a cheque will be issued in their favour.
11. Upon receipt of the award cheque, must the student acknowledge receipt or the teacher?
The student must acknowledge receipt of the cheque on the acknowledgement slip and return the receipt to the Fund at the address indicated.
12. How many students can apply for this Scholarship ?
Only those who qualify as per the criteria stated in the application form.
13. Is there a ceiling for income requirement?
Income requirement is pegged to that for students under MOE Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) [1] or school-based FAS.
[1]The general income requirement to qualify for MOE FAS is a monthly gross household income of $2,750 or less, or a monthly per capita income of $690 or less. To calculate per capita income, divide the monthly gross household income by the number of people living in the same household.
14. Is there a limit to the number of scholarships awarded ?
No. The Trustees of the Fund will review and assess all the applications received and will award scholarships to deserving cases accordingly.
15 . Do the students need to attend any interviews?
No.
16. If student has applied for other scholarship/bursary, and amount has not been confirmed, can the student still submit an application to the Fund?
Yes, but please state so in the form and provide information on what other scholarship/bursary has been applied for, the estimated amount of that scholarship/bursary and when the results of that application will be known.
17. Are past/current recipients also eligible to apply for this Scholarship?
Yes, if they satisfy the criteria spelt out in the application form.
18. The student will be graduating and not attending any school next year. Is he/she still eligible to apply ?
No, the student may only apply after he/she has obtained a place in a school.