Students whose families were affected to the financially due to the Covid pandemic will be eligible for a top up of their School Smartcard. Primary School students will get $20 a month while secondary students get $40 per month.
In a Facebook post by Minister Indranee Rajah, she acknowledged the stress on students from need families brought on by Covid-19.
While help was disbursed to these students during the ‘Circuit Breaker’, more will be done for them as they return to school in Phase 1.
The sum will be disbursed to students in June and July, which means primary students will get a total of $40 for these 2 months, and secondary students will get $80.
Eligible students have been able to collect their top-up from Tuesday (9 Jun), from Transitlink Add-Value Machines across Singapore.