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MOE Teaching Award: 2026 Profile
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MOE publishes the Teaching Scholarships/Award (full-term) coverage, bond ranges, and eligibility requirements on its official pages.
Sponsor: Ministry of EducationBond: Bond ≤ 4 YearsOverseas: Primarily Singapore
Last updated 11 May 2026
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Marcus Pang·Managing Director (Maths)
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Q: What does MOE Teaching Award: 2026 Profile cover?
A: Full-term overview of the MOE Teaching Award (TA) covering funding, developmental opportunities, and how to prepare a competitive application for the 2026 intake.
TL;DR MOE publishes the Teaching Scholarships/Award (full-term) coverage, bond ranges, and eligibility requirements on its official pages.
MOE's current application page lists the 2026 full-term windows by qualification type. The listed 2026 windows for PSC-T, polytechnic diploma, A-Level, IB, international/other qualifications, and NUS High Diploma have all closed by 2026-05-11; check MOE before assuming a later intake is open.
| If you have... | Read this first |
| 1 second | The Teaching Award is a full-term route into MOE teaching and NIE training. |
| 10 seconds | Check your qualification window, teaching subject, award tier, coverage, bond, and whether the current cycle is open. |
| 100 seconds | Build a teaching case with subject mastery, real classroom or tutoring exposure, and a realistic view of school work. |
| Concrete example | An A-Level applicant aiming to teach physics can cite lesson-help experience and why the subject matters to students. |
| Best next step | Open MOE's application page and match your qualification type to the next window. |
Use our Scholarship Matcher to weigh the Teaching Award against MOE’s scholarship tiers before you submit.
Scholarship Snapshot
- Status: Last verified 2026-05-11 against MOE's official full-term application page. PSC-T applications ran 1 September 2025 to 15 March 2026; MOE direct 2026 windows included polytechnic diploma 1 to 21 February 2026, A-Level release date to 19 March 2026, IB/international/other qualifications 15 October 2025 to 19 March 2026, and a NUS High Diploma window that MOE says is currently closed and tentatively reopens in December 2026.
Sources
- https://www.moe.gov.sg/tss
- https://www.moe.gov.sg/careers/teaching-scholarships-sponsorships/moe-teaching-scholarships-full-term
- https://www.moe.gov.sg/careers/teaching-scholarships-sponsorships/moe-teaching-scholarships-full-term/scholarship-and-award-details
- https://www.moe.gov.sg/careers/teaching-scholarships-sponsorships/moe-teaching-scholarships-full-term/moe-application
