Non-means-tested Loan Scheme /
Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students
Summary of Statistics

Academic Year 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010
(as at 31.1.2010)
No. of applications*
- Received
- with results issued
28 011
28 011
29 005
29 005
31 479
30 135
No. of applicants*
- with loan offered
- with loan paid
27 844
23 051
28 756
23 344
29 987
22 413
Average amount of loan paid^ $41,274 $42,611 $41,159
Total amount of loan paid^ $951.4m $994.7m $922.5m

*

The figures include the auto-created cases accepted by students [students who have applied for TSFS will be informed of their TSFS and NLS entitlement simultaneously in their TSFS notification of result with effect from 2006/07 academic year (applicable to full-time tertiary students who are covered under TSFS only)].
^

Approved loan will be paid in more than one instalment. The amount of loan paid in 2009/10 shown in the table above does not reflect the full amount of loan paid in the year until the 2009/10 application cycle ends.