Bursary

Dear Students

• Student who meets the eligible criteria may apply for bursary and receive ONE bursary in each academic year of study.

• If you were awarded a bursary in the 1st year of study, you will be auto-awarded the same bursary in the 2nd/3rd year of the same course of study, except for Diploma students.

• Please note that you DO NOT need to resubmit the bursary application:

• if you have received the bursary in Year 1 of your study, bursary in Year 2/3 of your study will be auto-processed and you will be notified when you are awarded.

• if you have received the bursary in the same academic year unless there's change in your household income.

• Please refer to the information below on criteria and application procedures, or SOS at this Site on how to solve commonly faced issue when applying for bursary.

DEADLINE

• Students may apply for bursary via Student Portal by 3 Sep 2025 for Phase 3 bursary processing.

Student Portal > iStudent > Student Homepage> Apply for Financial Assistance > Bursary/Financial Assistance

• If you applied (with complete income documents) by 3 Sep, you can check the award status in end-September via 

Student Portal > iStudent > Student Homepage > Financial Assistance > View FAS Award Summary

• Bursary will be credited to your PayNow/GIRO account in October 2025.

• You should register your NRIC to your PayNow account if you have not done so.

• If you missed the deadline, you may still proceed to submit your bursary application via Student Portal. Your application will be processed under Phase 4 processing.

CRITERIA

1. Singapore Citizen (SC) student in a full-time ITE course

2. Students must not be on sponsorship or full scholarship

3. Gross Monthly Household Income (GHI) ≤  $10,000 or Gross Monthly Household Per Capita Income (PCI) ≤  $2,500

ACCEPTABLE INCOME DOCUMENT

You are required to upload one income document for each of the working family member. The accepted document in PDF/JPEG formats are:

• Latest full-month payslip

• CPF Contribution History of recent 6 months (You may refer to this link on how to retrieve CPF contribution history statement).

• Latest Income Tax Assessment Statement

• Completed Section A of Income Declaration Form (To be used only if working family member is not able to get any one of the above document, or working family member has a job with irregular monthly pay such as private hire driver, hawkers etc)

• Completed Section B of Income Declaration Form (To be used only if no one in the family is working and not able to produce Income Tax Assessment Statement / CPF Statement since not required to contribute)

VERIFICATION OF APPLICATION

• The application will be verified based on the information and income document uploaded to determine the income tier for bursary to be awarded.

• Staff will contact the student in the event that information/document provided is not sufficient. Please ensure the contact number(s) and email address(es) at ITE Student Portal are up-to-date.

BURSARY AWARDED BASED ON INCOME TIER

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has revised the income eligibility criteria and also increased the quanta of government bursaries for full-time ITE students from AY2023.

You will receive a bursary (through PayNow  registered to NRIC number) based on your family's Gross Monthly Household Income (GHI) or Gross Monthly Household Per Capita Income (PCI) based on the lower tier.

• Tier 1: For GHI ≤ $3,000 or PCI ≤ $750, student will receive the Higher Education Community Bursary (HECB) of $1,600

• Tier 2: For $3,000< GHI ≤ $4,400 or $750 < PCI ≤ $1,100, student will receive the Higher Education Community Bursary (HECB) of $1,300

• Tier 3: For $4,400 < GHI ≤ $7,500 or $1,100 < PCI ≤ $1,875, student will receive the Higher Education Bursary (HEB) of $650

• Tier 4: For $7,500 < GHI ≤ $10,000 or $1,875 < PCI ≤ $2,500, student will receive the Higher Education Bursary (HEB) of $440