Regional Studies Programme Scholarship

Application for this scholarship is now closed. We thank all applicants for their interest.

The Regional Studies Programme Scholarship (RSPS) is offered by the Ministry of Education to encourage academically able and linguistically talented students to pursue H2 History, covering the developments in South East Asia under the Regional Studies Programme. The RSP aims to nurture a group of students comfortably conversant in Malay Language or Bahasa Indonesia and with an understanding of culture and contemporary development in the nearby region. RSPS is available at the following centres at the Pre-University level:

• Anglo Chinese School (Independent);
• Raffles Institution (Junior College); and
• Victoria Junior College.

Eligibility

Candidates should:

• Be Singapore Citizens;
• Have done consistently well in school, obtained outstanding results in their GCE O-Level Examinations / equivalent results based on the IP school ’ s internal assessment, and at least a B3 in Malay(Special Programme) or Bahasa Indonesia;
• Have been successfully admitted to RSP in one of the RSP centres;
• Have a good co-curricular activities record; and
• Not currently be in receipt of any other MOE scholarship (except EESIS and ESIP).

Application

2012 application is now closed. 2013 application will open after the official release of the GCE O-Level Examination in January 2013.

Selection for Scholarship Awards

Completed IP applications will be forwarded to candidates ’ IP schools/JCs. Their IP schools/JCs will select and nominate suitable candidates for the selection interview.

Non-IP candidates will be selected for the scholarship selection interview based on their GCE O-Level Examinations results.

The scholarship selection interviews for both IP & Non-IP candidates will be conducted in late April. They will receive their interview call letters through their respective schools/JCs in mid April.

Results of the scholarship selection will be announced in May.

Terms and Conditions

The scholarship is valued at $1,000 per annum. It also covers school fees based on Singapore Citizens’ rates, subject to an annual cap of $2,400. It is tenable for 2 years, subject to satisfactory progress at the end of JC1 and good conduct. Successful applicants are not required to enter into a bond to serve the Singapore Government.

Successful applicants must offer Malay (Special Programme) or Bahasa Indonesia as third language at Secondary level and offer H2 History (Southeast Asia module)/IB History with 30-hour Advanced Conversational Malay Language or Bahasa Indonesia at Pre-University level. There will not be any restriction on the choice of the remaining subjects.