31 March 2020
The Government will freeze all government fees and charges for one year. Additionally, all loan repayment and interest charges for graduates who have taken government loans for university and polytechnic studies will also be suspended from June 2020 till May 2021.
The suspension of loan repayments and interest charges applies to the tuition fee loan, study loan and overseas student programme loan. It will apply to graduates who have already started on their loan repayments, as well as those with outstanding government loans who will be graduating during the suspension period.
The Singapore Education Ministry has also said that all fee increases charged by ministries, organs of state and statutory boards will be put on hold for a year. This applies to fees for students who are Singapore citizens enrolled at government and government-aided schools.
The delay in fee increases will also apply to tuition and miscellaneous fees for citizens enrolled in government-subsidised programmes at polytechnics and Institutes of Technical Education.