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

Academic Year 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012
(as at 31.12.2011)
No. of applications*
- Received
- with results issued
34 402
34 402
34 143
34 143
26 119
25 085
No. of applicants*
- with loan offered
- with loan paid
34 071
26 670
33 752
26 442
24 935
16 554
Average amount of loan paid^ $45,831 $46,581 $44,642
Total amount of loan paid^ $1,222.3m $1,231.7m $739.0m

*

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 2011/12 shown in the table above does not reflect the full amount of loan paid in the year until the 2011/12 application cycle ends.