Gov’t to raise monthly school fees for permanent residents and international students

The education ministry will implement the increase from 2024 to 2026.

Monthly school fees will increase for permanent residents (PR) and international students (IS) attending government and government-aided schools.

In the next three years (2024-2026), the monthly school fees will increase by $25 to $60 for PR students and $25 to $140 for IS each year.

The revised fees will take effect from January each year.

This means that monthly primary school fees for PRs will jump to $280 in 2024, $205 in 2025, and $330 in 2026, from the current $225.

ASEAN IS will see their monthly fee increase to $545 in 2024, $570 in 2025, and $595 in 2026, from $520 in 2023.

For IS from non-ASEAN countries, the fee will increase from $1,770 to $1,910 in 2024, $2050 in 2025, and $2190 in 2026.

The tables below show the revised school fees for secondary school and pre-university school:

Secondary School Fees (Per Month)

Nationality	2023	2024	2025	2026
	$	$	$	$
PR	500	560	620	680
IS (ASEAN)	910	970	1030	1090
IS (Non-ASEAN)	1770	1910	2050	2190

Pre-University School Fees (Per Month)

Nationality	2023	2024	2025	2026
	$	$	$	$
PR	580	640	700	760
IS (ASEAN)	1110	1170	1230	1290
IS (Non-ASEAN)	2120	2260	2400	2540

According to the Ministry of Education (MOE), the increase for non-citizens will “enable parents to plan the financing of their children's studies in MOE schools.”

Meanwhile, school fees for Singapore citizen (SC) students in government and government-aided schools will remain the same.

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