13 January 2016

The Edusave Merit Bursary and the Edusave Good Progress Award will be extended to polytechnics from 2017. Additionally, a new Edusave Skills Award focussing on non-academic excellence such as achievements at conference and competitions will be introduced in the same year for polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE).

Acting Minister of Education Ong Ye Kung said that polytechnic students have worked hard, achieved good results and made progress. He noted the introduction of the new Edusave Skills Award is timely as Singapore has embarked on a SkillsFuture movement to encourage students and working adults to specialise.

Around 300 students received their Edusave Awards last week.