Upon graduation, you will serve at a Home Team Department of your choice. You will be given developmental opportunities to acquire new skills and upgrade your academic qualifications as your progress with the Home Team.
You will receive reimbursement of up to 100% of tuition fees and backdated payments of the monthly allowance depending on when you sign up for the Home Team Diploma Sponsorship. The graduated back-payment rates are as follows:
In any of the five local polytechnics and most disciplines of study.
Condition of Award
You will be bonded for 4 years.
Male recipients, who have not served National Service (NS), and choose to join either the Singapore Police Force (SPF) or the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), will be placed under the Minimum Term of Engagement Scheme (MTE) of five years.
Males who choose to join the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) or the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) will complete your NS before commencing the four-year bond with the selected Home Team Departments.
What is the Minimum Term of Engagement Scheme or MTE?
Under the MTE scheme, you will serve as a regular officer and receive regular pay. At the end of the MTE period, you would have fulfilled your NS obligations and the Home Team Diploma Sponsorship bond.