Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards) Regulations
Regulation 5
Eligibility of pupils and award of Edusave Scholarships for Independent Schools at Secondary One
Subregulation 1
The Edusave Scholarship for Independent Schools is awarded each year to every pupil at the secondary one level who satisfies all the following requirements:
the pupil is a citizen of Singapore or becomes a citizen of Singapore in that year;
(aa)the pupil is not the holder of any other academic award in that year;
the pupil has sat for the Primary School Leaving Examination in the previous year and has obtained the qualifying aggregate score in the Primary School Leaving Examination in that year;
the pupil is enrolled in an independent school —
for the pupil’s secondary education only; or
for the pupil’s secondary and pre-university education.
Subregulation 2
In this regulation —
Definition
“cut-off position”, in relation to a pupil who sat for the Primary School Leaving Examination in a year, means the position of the pupil that determines the qualifying aggregate score, which is determined in accordance with the formula (rounded up to the nearest whole number) where A is the total number of secondary one places in independent schools that are available to the pupils who sat for the Primary School Leaving Examination that year;
Definition
“qualifying aggregate score”, in relation to the Primary School Leaving Examination sat by the pupils in a year, means the aggregate score obtained by the pupil in the Primary School Leaving Examination who is ranked at the cut-off position among all the pupils who sat for the Primary School Leaving Examination that year.