Support for families with children

• New Partner Operator scheme to get childcare operators to commit to keeping fees affordable, developing teachers and enhancing quality of services. Details to be announced later.

• Fees for national examinations will be waived. Families can save up to S$900 from primary school to pre-university.

• Examination fees will also be waived for Singaporeans enrolled full-time in polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education.

• Top-ups to Child Development Account, Edusave Account and Post-Secondary Education Account.

• Families on the Ministry of Education Financial Assistance Scheme will receive a transport subsidy to cover at least half of students’ transport costs. This extends to public transport for all students and school buses for primary school students.

• Annual grants for school-based financial assistance will go up over the next three years to give schools more resources to provide targeted assistance for needy families.

• Additional S$6 million grant will be disbursed over the next two years to self-help groups which have been assisting children from needy families.