Last Updated: 21 April 2024
Apply for eGIRO
Use our digital service to apply for GIRO arrangement for your child's school and miscellaneous fees.
You can apply for your child's school and miscellaneous fees to be paid through GIRO. The same GIRO arrangement will also be extended to cover their payment of enrichment programmes, school charges and deduction of national examination fees (Primary School Leaving Examination and GCE Examinations), where applicable.
Acceptable bank accounts
Account holders from the following banks can sign up for the GIRO scheme with MOE through this page:
Other bank account holders will need to complete a hardcopy GIRO application form and submit the original signed form to your child’s school. Child Development Account (CDA), joint account with 2 signatories and corporate accounts are not accepted.
Things to note about your application
If you have submitted multiple applications for the same student before the cut off, we will only process your latest application.
We will update you on your application outcome via email during the following periods:
| Date of submission | Date of email update |
| Submit by 25th of month (Feb to Oct) | First week of following month |
| Submit by 25th of month (Nov to Jan) | From Jan to first week of Feb |
Note: You will be redirected to a website hosted by DBS, the service provider for eGIRO with MOE.
The eGIRO application service is not available on the following dates due to maintenance:
- Saturday, 20 April 2024, 12am to 7am
- Sunday, 21 April 2024, 12am to 6am
- Sunday, 28 April 2024, 12am to 7am
- Refer to the user guide (2MB) for the steps to sign up.
- We note that some DBS and OCBC account holders are facing issue with eGIRO setup. Please check that you are not using CDA for the applications. Do also note that OCBC disallows OCBC joint accounts for eGIRO creation. Please submit a hardcopy application form if you wish to use an OCBC joint account. Processing time will be longer for hardcopy applications.
- For some banks, you may need to get ready your physical token.
- If you do not have internet banking, please approach your child's school for assistance.
- If you have any feedback, you can submit through our online feedback form.