Taken from The Online Citizen, dated 03 January 2015
Not all households in the bottom 20% income group are eligible for MOE’s financial assistance plan for needy Singaporeans.
The Ministry of Education recently shared a financial assistance plan which needy Singaporean students could apply for if they are studying in government and government-aided schools. The eligibility criteria for the financial assistance plan is:
- Gross household income of not more than $2,500; or
- Household per capita income of $625