SIGNING OF TUITION GRANT AGREEMENT IN THE

PRESENCE OF NOTARY PUBLIC(S)

1. Who is eligible to sign the Tuition Grant Agreement in the presence of Notary Public?

All Singapore Permanent Resident and International students are eligible to apply for the
Tuition Grant Scheme for their studies in one of the local Institutes of Higher Learning. If
your sureties are unable to be present to sign the Tuition Grant Agreement on the scheduled
dates, you can email the softcopy or courier the hardcopy Tuition Grant Agreement back to
your home country for your sureties to sign it in the presence of Notary Public(s),
Commissioner of Oaths or practising lawyers.

2. What do I have to do if my sureties wish to sign the Tuition Grant Agreement

overseas?

Step 1
During the online application, choose the “Yes” radio button for the Notary Public option.

Step 2
You will need to download a copy of the Tuition Grant Agreement from your own TGonline
account after the online application period ends.

Step 3
You can choose to email the softcopy or courier the hardcopy agreement to your sureties
overseas, in order for them to sign the agreement in the presence of Notary Public,
Commissioner of Oath or practicing lawyers. Your sureties may also engage Singapore
Embassy or Consulate officers to witness the signing of the agreement. The Tuition Grant
Agreement has to be printed single-sided on plain white A4 paper. Only one copy of the
agreement is required.

Where do the sureties or witnesses sign?

Please refer to the sample (Annex C-2 and C-3) carefully as MOE will only accept Tuition
Grant Agreements which have the witness’s signature and seal on the relevant pages of the
Tuition Grant Agreements. Incomplete Tuition Grant Agreements will not be accepted.

Step 4

Updated as at Dec 2011 MOE Tuition Grant Unit

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 Upon return of the Tuition Grant Agreement by your sureties, you are to personally bring the
notarized Tuition Grant Agreement on the scheduled date, time and venue to complete the
Tuition Grant Agreement signing in the presence of MOE officers. Please bring along your
Identity Card, Passport, Student Pass and Student card for verification. Refer to the
TGonline portal under Grant Information > Grant Calendar for the more information.

Students who have not completed the signing of the Tuition Grant Agreements by the given
deadline will have to pay unsubsidised fees for their studies in the institution.

3. What if only one of my two sureties is unable to sign the Tuition Grant Agreement in
Singapore and has to do so overseas, in the presence of a Notary Public?

You are still required to complete steps 1 and 2 as stated in Question 2. The surety who is in
Singapore will have to be present together with you on the scheduled date to sign in the
presence of MOE officers. You are required to print the agreement and bring it along on the
day of signing. Please remind your surety to bring along his/her Identity Card, Passport,
Student Pass, Student Card, Work Permit and Employment Pass, (where applicable) for
verification purposes.

For the other surety who is overseas and unavailable to be present on the stipulated dates,
you are to follow steps 3 and 4 in Question 2 for him/her to sign the Tuition Grant Agreement
in the presence of a Notary Public.

4. Who do I approach if I need further clarifications?

You may write to us at MOE_tgonline@moe.gov.sg.

Updated as at Dec 2011 MOE Tuition Grant Unit

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IN WITNESS WHERE OF the said parties hereto have executed this Agreement the day and year first above
written.

I) Signed

Name : Do not sign!

(Signature)
Designation :

For and on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Singapore in the presence of:

Name : (Witness) Do not sign!

(Signature)
Address: Ministry of Education
1 North Buona Vista Drive
Singapore 138675

II) Signed

Name : (Student) Do not sign!

(Signature)
For and on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Singapore
In the presence of:

Name : (Witness) Do not sign!

(Signature)
Address: Ministry of Education
1 North Buona Vista Drive
Singapore 138675

III) Signed

Name : (First-named surety) First Surety’ssignature

(Signature)
For and on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Singapore in the presence of:

Name : (Name of Notary Public/ Commissioner for Oaths/ Witness*) Notary Public’s
signature
(Signature & seal)
* Notary
Address: __________________________
public’s
__________________________
seal
IV) Signed

Name : (Second-named surety) Second Surety’s signature

(Signature)
For and on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Singapore in the presence of:

Name : (Name of Notary Public/ Commissioner for Oaths/ Witness*) Notary Public’s
signature
* Notary (Signature & seal)
public’s
Address: __________________________ seal
__________________________

* Delete where applicable

* The Notary Public is to affix a seal against each of his/her signature

Updated as at April 2007 MOE TG UNIT

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The portion below is to be completed and signed by Notary Public/ Commissioner for Oaths:-

On this ___________________________ day of _____________________ A.D. ________________ before me,

(date) (month) (year)

___________________________________________ a/ an Notary Public/ Commissioner for Oaths/ Advocate and

(name of Notary Public/ Commissioner for Oaths)

Solicitor practicing in _________________________________________________________ personally appeared

(State/ Country)

__________________________________________________________________________________________
(1st –named surety)

who of my own personal knowledge I know to be the identical person whose name “ First surety’s signature ”
st
(Signature of 1 –named surety)

* is subscribed to the above written instrument and acknowledge that he/she had voluntarily executed this

instrument at ________________________________________________________________________________
(State/ country of document signed)
* Notary
public’s
Witness my hand and seal: Notary public’s signature
seal
(Signature and seal of Notary Public/ Commissioner for Oaths)

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On this ___________________________ day of _____________________ A.D. ________________ before me,

(date) (month) (year)

___________________________________________ a/ an Notary Public/ Commissioner for Oaths/ Advocate and

(name of Notary Public/ Commissioner for Oaths)

Solicitor practicing in _________________________________________________________ personally appeared

(State/ Country)

__________________________________________________________________________________________
(2nd –named surety)

who of my own personal knowledge I know to be the identical person whose name “ Second surety’s signature ”
nd
(Signature of 2 –named surety)

* is subscribed to the above written instrument and acknowledge that he/she had voluntarily executed this

instrument at ________________________________________________________________________________
(State/ country of document signed)

* Notary
Witness my hand and seal: Notary public’s signature public’s
(Signature and seal of Notary Public/ Commissioner for Oaths) seal

* The Notary Public is to affix a seal against each of his/her signature

Last Updated on 26 January 2012