New $4,000 study grant for students with special educational needs

30 May 2023

Article featured SP alumnus Benedict Lim, who was raised by a single mother who earns $1,300 a month as a general worker. While his friends were free to hang out after school, he has been working part-time as a delivery rider over the last four years. This was while he was a student at the ITE and SP, and currently at NTU. Being hard of hearing and strapped for cash did not stop him from pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering. He is now applying for the Talent Uplift Programme, an award by non-profit organisation TomoWork, aimed at helping students with special educational needs who may face additional cost pressures as they pay for medical consultations, medication or therapy, that may deter them from pursuing tertiary studies. Speaking at the launch of the study grant, Minister for National Development Desmond Lee shared that TomoWork and its corporate partners, with support from the polytechnics, have brought their expertise and resources to this programme, to support skills development and employment of persons with disabilities. TomoWork runs a 12-week Talent Accelerator Programme to prepare students with special educational needs for their careers by equipping them with technical skills and sending them on attachments.

[The Straits Times]