Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024
School fees
Use our fees checker to find out the amount and structure of monthly fees for Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents or international students. Learn when and how to make payments.
The monthly fees include the school fees and miscellaneous fees. The amount will differ based your child’s nationality and the type of school they attend.
The monthly fees are exclusive of GST for Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents as the applicable GST is subsidised by MOE. The fees for International Students are inclusive of GST.
- These schools and institutions charge varying fees: Independent schools, specialised independent schools, special education (SPED) schools, specialised schools, polytechnics, the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and Arts Institutions. Visit their respective websites for the latest fee information.
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries include Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Check your child’s school fees
Enter your child’s details to check the amount and structure of their monthly fees.
How to pay
- GIRO
- Other methods
Account holders from the following banks can sign up for the GIRO scheme with MOE through eGIRO:
- Bank of China (BOC)
- Citibank
- DBS Bank or POSB
- Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)
- Maybank
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC)
- Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)
- United Overseas Bank (UOB)
If you are an account holder of:
- Corporate account
- Joint account with 2 signatories
- OCBC joint accounts
- Other banks
You need to complete a hardcopy GIRO application form and submit the original signed form to your child’s school. It may take up to 3 months to process once we receive the form.
- Child Development Account (Baby Bonus Scheme) cannot be used.
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This GIRO instruction will continue as long as your child remains in a government or government-aided school. If applicable, the same GIRO arrangement will be extended to cover the payment of:
- Enrichment programmes
- School charges
- National Examination fees (Primary School Leaving Examination and GCE examinations)
- Find more information on GIRO scheme with MOE.
Payment timeline
GIRO deductions are made on the 26th of every month from February to December.
If the 26th is a weekend or public holiday, the deduction will happen on the next working day.
Check for the exact deduction dates on our calendar by filtering for "GIRO deductions".
- There is no deduction in January as the fees for January and February are combined into one bill for deduction in February.
- There will still be deductions in November and December as the fees payable are calculated on an annual basis and spread out over a period of 12 months, including school holidays.
- Please ensure sufficient funds in your GIRO account for successful deduction.
- If the deduction is unsuccessful, the unpaid fees will be carried over to next month’s deduction as long as your GIRO arrangement is active. You do not need to pay through other methods.
- Ad-hoc payments made on or after the 5th of the month could result in duplicate payments. Learn more about it.
Related questions
- Why are my GIRO deductions unsuccessful in February and March?
- I made excess payment for my child’s school and miscellaneous fees. What will happen to the excess payment?
- My child’s citizenship was updated recently but I am still paying the old school fee rates. Why and what should I do next?
