Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations
Regulation 5
Purposes for which moneys in Edusave account may be withdrawn
The moneys standing to the credit of a member in his Edusave account may be withdrawn under section 12(2) of the Act for the purpose of paying —
where the member is a student of any independent school or special education school, such amount of the fees payable by him to the school which exceeds the school fees which would have been payable by him had he been a student of a Government school or a Government-aided school;
where the member is a student of any Government school or Government‑aided school, the miscellaneous fees payable by him to the school;
where the member is a student of any specified educational institution, such fees and charges payable by him to the specified educational institution as may be approved by the Minister;
where the member is a student of any junior college, such fees and charges payable by him to the junior college as may be approved by the Minister;
where the member is enrolled in an integrated programme in any prescribed school or junior college, such fees and charges payable by him to the prescribed school or junior college as may be approved by the Minister; (f)where the member is a student of any prescribed school or junior college, for the whole or part of the expenses payable for any enrichment programme approved by the prescribed school or junior college;
where the member is a student attending an educational institution in Singapore that is neither a prescribed school nor a junior college, for the whole or part of the expenses payable for an enrichment programme conducted wholly in Singapore, being a programme organised by the educational institution and of the type or within the category of programmes approved by the Edusave Scheme Administrator;
where the member receives home-schooling in accordance with paragraph 3(1)(b) of the Compulsory Education (Exemption) Order (Cap. 51, O 1), for the cost incurred by the member’s parent for organising or enrolling the member in an enrichment programme conducted wholly in Singapore and of the type or within the category of programmes approved by the Edusave Scheme Administrator; (ha)where the member is a student of any secondary school, junior college or special education school, the whole or part of the expenses payable for the following items relating to the purchase of a personal learning device for the member’s use under a digital learning programme conducted by that secondary school, junior college or special education school:
the cost of the personal learning device and its accessories;
applications or software to be installed on the personal learning device;
hardware warranty for the personal learning device;
insurance coverage for the personal learning device; (hb)where the member is a student of any secondary school or junior college, the whole or part of the expenses payable for the following items relating to the purchase of an assistive learning device for the member’s use:
the cost of the assistive learning device and its accessories;
applications or software to be installed on the assistive learning device;
hardware warranty for the assistive learning device;
insurance coverage for the assistive learning device; and
in any other case, for the cost incurred by a member’s parent for organising or enrolling the member in an enrichment programme that is conducted wholly in Singapore and is approved by the Edusave Scheme Administrator.