Eligibility Criteria

• The Student or one of the parents must be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident.

• The Student must be a full-time Primary 1 to 4 student studying in a school that offers a mainstream curriculum.

• Gross Monthly Household Income (MHI) does not exceed $4,800 or Per Capita Income (PCI) does not exceed $1,400.

• The Student is taking Chinese Language as his/ her Mother Tongue Language in school.

Fee Structure

There will be no fee collection for students who meet the eligibility criteria for 2025 Community Chinese Reading Project.

Application

Application for the 2025 Community Chinese Reading Project will start from 14 October 2024.

Intake Periods and Placement

• Placement of students happens biweekly and is based on the availability of vacancies.

• The last intake for 2025's Tuition Programme will be in August 2025. Application for the August 2025 intake must be submitted before 20 July 2025.

Application Process

• To apply for 2025 Community Chinese Reading Project, please log in to myCDAC.

• The parent (Main Applicant) will need to create a myCDAC account before submitting the application form. If the main applicant already has a myCDAC account, there is no need to create another account.

• Next, the main applicant (and the spouse) will need to get their Singpass accounts ready and download the Singpass app on their mobile devices.

• If the main applicant does not have a Singpass account, please click here to register for Singpass, or click here to reset the Singpass password, or visit the nearest Singpass counter to reset/create the Singpass account.

Enquiry

Please call 6603 5555 during office hours or email to [email protected].