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Edusave Entrance Scholarships for Independent Schools (EESIS)

Eligibility

The EESIS are awarded up to the top one-third of the total number of Secondary One pupils admitted to all Independent Schools (IS), based on their PSLE results.

The EESIS is also awarded to P6 GEP pupils who are Singapore Citizens and who

  1. meet the P6 GEP promotion criteria, and
  2. are enrolled in the IP in an Independent School at S1.

Award Quantum

The EESIS award quantum for pupils admitted into S1 from 2008 onwards is $2,400, or the annual school fees charged by the independent school less the annual amount of school and standard miscellaneous fees paid by pupils in government/ government-aided schools, whichever is lower.

If a pupil is admitted to one of the Ministry’s special programmes (e.g. Art Elective Programme, Music Elective Programme) or awarded any other fee subsidy or scholarship (eg. GEP Fees Subsidy, SAP Scholarship, RSP Scholarship), the EESIS award quantum will be $2,400 or the annual school fees less the annual amount of school and standard miscellaneous fees paid by pupils in government / government-aided schools, whichever is lower, less any fee subsidy provided under the special programme, Ministry / school programme or any other scholarship.

Tenure

The tenure of the scholarship is 4 years for pupils who are not in the IP, and 6 years for pupils in the IP. The scholar must make good progress each year in order to continue receiving the scholarship.

Application and Award Process

Upon the release of the PSLE results, pupils eligible for the EESIS will be informed. No application is required for the scholarship. Eligible pupils will be offered the EESIS, provided that:

Upon the release of the school posting results in December, pupils can check whether they have been offered the EESIS via the S1 Internet System (S1-IS).

Pupils eligible for the EESIS who are admitted to secondary schools under the Direct School Admission Exercise (DSA-Sec) will also be offered the scholarship if they are admitted to an appropriate school and / or programme based on their eligibility.

Pupils who are susequently admitted to an IS after the S1 Posting Exercise and have met the eligibility criteria will also be awarded the EESIS.