Not only the 6 years Singapore primary school fee is "FREE" , but you actually earn S$1,741. The school fees below are for Singapore citizen . 6 years primary school fees are: S$1,494 . However, we received total FREE monies (in 6 years' time) from the government up to S$2,845 (through government Edusave top-up, Special top-up and interest earned at the Edusave account). Hence, we now have a balance of S$1,741 . It is enough to purchase a laptop in secondary 1. In ACS(I), they sell Lenova L13 2-in-1 Gen 5 Notebook (with 3-year warranty and 3-year insurance) at S$1,403.90 (with GST). You can use Edusave account to pay for this cost. If you receive Edusave award, Char Yong scholarship, etc., you will also receive cash reward of S$80-S$100 each time. So, he collected about S$500 . :) ESIS scholarship is considered as the top tier scholarship in primary school (awarded during the PSLE result announcement), as you can save a good sum of monies later in the secondary schoo...
He chose Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) as first choice and he got in. There are 13 classes of secondary one at ACS(I) in year 2025. 5 classes of IP and 8 classes of non-IP. Each class size is about 32 students maximum. He was placed at the top class in IP , comprises a number of students who were in the GEP (Gifted Education Program) while they were in primary school, as well as students who had done exceptionally well in the 2024 PSLE examinations. Hence, his class will have certain enrichment modules. That's good. The school campus is pretty big! The classrooms and canteen are all air-conditioned. Badge pinning ceremony. His school fees breakdown (highlighted in yellow) with ESIS (Edusave Scholarships for Independent Schools) With PSLE scores of 5M, you basically can choose any secondary schools you like. One main reason he didn't choose RI is because the school is quite far from our home. It will be a 60-minutes journey compared to 15 minutes journey to ACS(I). 202...