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FEES TO GO UP

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SINGAPORE - Tuition fees for polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will go up in the new academic year - with a sharper distinction to be made between what Singaporean students and permanent residents/foreigners pay.

Where the polytechnics are concerned, their tuition fees for diploma courses will increase by $50 for Singapore citizens to $2,150 per year.

Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Nanyang Polytechnic will also increase the fees for their existing Polytechnic-Foreign Specialised Institution (Poly-FSI) degree courses by 3 per cent in Academic Year 2010.

Singaporean citizens pursuing Poly-FSI degree courses will pay fees ranging between $4,830 and $8,040 per year.

The new fees will apply to new and existing students.

Fees for new PR students will increase by between $480 and $800, while those for new International Students will increase by between $480 and $1,070.

Existing PRs and international students admitted prior to this academic year will also pay higher fees, but computed using the existing fee framework.

For the ITEs, tuition fees for Nitec and Higher Nitec courses will go up by $10 for Singapore citizens from April.

ITE will also increase the tuition fees for its Technical Engineer Diploma courses by $50 per year, to $2,150.

The new fees will be applied to new and existing ITE students who are Singapore citizens.

Fees for new PR students will increase by between $600 and $1,130 per year. Those for new international students will increase by between $1,450 and $3,180 per year.

The revised fee differentiation will also apply to PRs and international students pursuing new modules under the subsidised part-time ITE courses from April onwards.

Existing PRs and international students admitted prior to the upcoming academic year will also pay higher fees, but computed based on the existing fee framework.

There is no word yet, though, on whether the three local universities - National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technical University and Singapore Management University - will increase their fees. They say changes in fees, if any, will be announced in due course.

From TODAY, Friday, 19-Feb-2010

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