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Objective
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The ITE Alumni Association organizes
activities each year to raise funds to support its programmes, schemes and events.
One of the objectives is to use a portion of the net proceeds to provide financial
assistance to needy ITE students. Hence, the Study Support Grant (SSG) scheme has
been implemented precisely for this purpose.
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The SSG scheme is essentially a 'pocket-money'
scheme. It is intended to provide financial assistance to help ITE students, whose
families encounter sudden financial hardship, to continue their studies in ITE.
The quantum of each SSG is $100 per semester.
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Funding |
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The amount of fund to be allocated to the SSG scheme shall
be decided by the ITE Alumni Management Committee. The allocation of fund may vary
from year to year depending on the amount raised through its fund-raising activities.
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With effect from Jan 2006, ITEAA will provide a fixed
quantum of SSG fund, say $3,000 per College (ie 30 grants of $100) to the respective
Colleges.
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Who can apply |
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The SSG scheme is open to all full-time ITE students who
faced with sudden financial hardship.
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Examples of sudden financial hardship include sudden death
of a family member and accident leading to loss of work, permanent disability, serious
illness or job retrenchment faced by a major breadwinner of the student's family.
The hardship must result in the student not being given pocket money by those who
support him. |
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How to apply
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The ITE Alumni SSG is now being integrated into the ITE’s
Special Student Assistance Scheme (SSAS) and administered by the respective Colleges
to achieve a more efficient operation. Generally, the Colleges will have a better
feel of the extent of the financial hardships faced by the needy students and the
urgency of assistance needed to be rendered to them. Hence, the Principal at his
own discretion will decide and award to the deserving students in his College.
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Application must be made using the prescribed SSAS Application
Form. For ITE staff, they can access the application form via the SA Division Bulletin
Board (Graduate Affairs Department) mounted on Lotus Notes.
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Administration |
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A student who is awarded the ITE Alumni SSG in addition
to ITE’s SSAS would be presented with a letter signed by the President of ITEAA.
The letter serves to inform the student that he/she was also awarded the ITE Alumni
SSG as there was no application done upfront.
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Re-application |
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Each SSG award is for 1 semester only. Recipient of the
SSG will be required to re-apply for the grant for each sequent semester if they
need continued financial assistance from the ITE Alumni Association. |
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Summary of SSG Award |
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Between 2001 and 2009, the total number of SSG awarded to needy
students of the various colleges as shown bellow:
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ITE College
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No of Grants Awarded
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College Central
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240
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College East
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125
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College West
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233
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AVI
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2
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TOTAL
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600
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