Signing bonds with the govt

yuko-ogura SG

a jc grad here..but im not sure of wad to do next..

gg into uni would require a great amt of money..

im thinking of signing bonds with the police or airforce..but wad's the procedure like?do i first attend my uni course with the govt supporting full-amt for my course fees and 'pay back' to the govt later by working for them,be it in the airforce or army?

also,regarding the signing of bonds, does the govt take a small percentage of my mthly salary when i begin working for them after my studies?or do i juz work for the required time period wif no amt being taken out from my pocket?

lastly,m i supposed to work full-time for them?can i work for other companies after my Uni studies while working for the govt too?

Forumites!u can choose to answer any qns stated..no need to answer all three..

however..ur help is much appreciated if u choose to answer all three.

charlize SG

You take the bond only if you are sure you will be able to fulfill the requirements of that bond.

You don't want to have that 15 minutes of fame when you see your name splashed across the ST should you decide to break it. Laughing

gerrykoh SG

U have to qualify for scholarships offered by govt. Normally they want straight As + S papers.
If u get in, they will pay for uni. fees. Some of these scholarships comes with 4- 6 yrs. bond. That means when u finish Uni, u are to work for them.

Please refer to the brochures given out at yr. jc.
There is a list of all the scholarships avail. from all the co. like SPH, Esson/Mobil + govt. bodies. Some of them don't have bond.

yuko-ogura SG

wad kind of requirements?

i rather see my name on the list of millionaires.

yuko-ogura SG

jialat..wad if i scored shiat results for A lvl? they can only support me for my Uni fees thru scholarships? Confused

charlize SG

CB lah, do I look like a scholar who took a government bond to you?

How the fuck I know? Laughing

yuko-ogura SG

"If all else fails..show some skin."

now im showing some skin and guts too by toking to ya..and u give me this CB look... Laughing

hisoka SG

Originally posted by yuko-ogura:
a jc grad here..but im not sure of wad to do next..

gg into uni would require a great amt of money..

im thinking of signing bonds with the police or airforce..but wad's the procedure like?do i first attend my uni course with the govt supporting [b]full-amt for my course fees and 'pay back' to the govt later by working for them,be it in the airforce or army?

also,regarding the signing of bonds, does the govt take a small percentage of my mthly salary when i begin working for them after my studies?or do i juz work for the required time period wif no amt being taken out from my pocket?

lastly,m i supposed to work full-time for them?can i work for other companies after my Uni studies while working for the govt too?

Forumites!u can choose to answer any qns stated..no need to answer all three..

however..ur help is much appreciated if u choose to answer all three.

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bond just means that you work for them no money deducted. look at it as the bond requires you to work for them in exchange for the uni fees and allowanaces.

but since you cannot get the thign then no issue lor. the way i see it. it seems you are ok with a loan also. so why not go check out the study loans but then those got interest once you start workign which can be quite high

charlize SG

Your skin CMI. Laughing

yuko-ogura SG

loans?wad are they?

im really noobie when it comes to such stuff.. Confused

yuko-ogura SG

kanasai..as if ur skin veri nice liddat. Laughing

charlize SG

Well, you'll never know would you? Laughing

hisoka SG

basically you take a loan with some bank for the skool fees. the loan is interest free up to the point where you graduate then they start to count interest.

this is an example of some of the loans for nus side, ntu or smu should have somethign similar bah.

http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/sfau/ug-loans.htm

you can go see the various busaries or whatever also

study loans i suspect the banks also may offer on inidvidually

CoolMyth SG

Borrow from local banks. The loan will be 80 - 90% of the fees that you need to pay per semester. You pay the remaining 10 - 20% yourself, which can be covered again by applying for bursaries and financial helps and what nots.

Bank loans are interest-free until you grad.

But since you just grad from JC, no need to borrow so early. I don't think you can anyway. Laughing

hisoka SG

he/she has to plan lah. if no money must source now b4 she/he can think of applying to uni or not mah

CoolMyth SG

When I was his age, the only worry I had was when I'm enlisting. Laughing

I'm so paiseh to admit my short-sightedness.

hisoka SG

pprob cos you could afford lah. or you knew got way to go in one.

pple who have to worry about whether they can afford to go uni will have to plan lor. not your fualt in that sense

CoolMyth SG

Not really.

I took a loan for my fees and for the remaining fees, I used the savings I accumulated from my NSF days. Scrimp and save, dun go canteen, dun order fast food while on duty, everyday try to eat free cookhouse food. When book out, also try not to spend too much.

Can manage lah. Laughing

yuko-ogura SG

u mean savings from the 2 yrs?steady sia! Shocked

CoolMyth SG

If you can make it to OCS then ho-seh liao. Laughing Can afford to spend a bit and save at the same time. Me only man, cannot spend too much.