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Parliamentary Reply by Minister Indranee Rajah on Extending PSEA Top Up to Earlier Cohorts

10 September 2026

Singapore Citizen children will receive a $10,000 top-up to their Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) in the year they turn 17, to help defray their higher education costs.

FIFTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE

WRITTEN REPLY

THURSDAY, 10 September 2026

Ms Yeo Wan Ling:

To ask the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) whether the Government will consider extending the $10,000 Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) top-up under the SG Child Support Package to Singapore Citizen students turning 18 in 2026; and (b) whether transitional support can be provided for this cohort, particularly second-year Junior College students entering post-secondary education in 2027.

Ms Indranee Rajah (for the Prime Minister):

As announced at the National Day Rally, all Singapore Citizen children will receive a $10,000 top-up to their Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) in the year they turn 17, to help defray their higher education costs. We opted to set the eligibility cut-off at age 17 as it broadly coincides with the completion of secondary school and the transition towards post-secondary education.

This will apply to Singaporean children turning 17 starting from 2026. We hope that Members will understand that all policies require an eligibility cut-off. Hence, no matter which date is chosen, it is inevitable that some will narrowly miss the eligibility window, as would be the case for the PSEA top-up.