Summarized from ST
09 March 2015
SINGAPORE – More good-performing students from lower-income families will be eligible to apply for the Edusave Merit Bursary when the Education Ministry (MOE) expands its income criterion.
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat announced in Parliament on Friday during the MOE’s Committee of Supply debates that the ministry will raise the gross household income criterion to $6,000, up from the current $5,000.
Similarly, the per capita household income criterion will be raised from the current $1,250 per month to $1,500.