Your child enters school or is already in school: financial assistance

Verified 14 October 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

If your child is going to school soon or is already in school, you can receive financial assistance, under certain conditions. The aids differ if your child is primary school, at college, at general high school or at vocational school.

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At primary school

You can benefit, under resource conditions, from back-to-school allowance (ARS)) as early as 6 years of your child.

Some departments grant a elementary school scholarship for students enrolled from CP. This grant is awarded on conditions of resources and geographical remoteness.

Your municipality, department or region may grant you other assistance. They vary by communities. Each may define its own award criteria. The aid may be financial or material (school supplies, schoolbag, dictionary, etc.).

You need to find out from your community.

Who shall I contact

In middle school

You can benefit, under resource conditions, from back-to-school allowance (ARS)) and the college scholarship as soon as your child enters middle school.

If he goes to the canteen, you can optionally, under resource conditions, benefit aid for the canteen.

If he's in school in boarding school and scholarship, you can take advantage of the residency grant.

In case of difficulty, you can also make a request for college social fund.

Your municipality, department or region may grant you other assistance. They vary by communities. Each may define its own award criteria. The aid may be financial or material (school supplies, schoolbag, dictionary, etc.).

You need to find out from your community.

Who shall I contact

In high school

You can benefit, under resource conditions, from back-to-school allowance (ARS)) and the high school scholarship as soon as your child enters high school.

If he is fellow and has obtained a mention good or all right at the national patent diploma, you can benefit from a merit scholarship.

If he goes to the canteen, you can possibly, under resource conditions, benefit aid for the canteen,

If he is enrolled in boarding school and scholarship, you can benefit from the residency grant.

In case of difficulty, you can also make a request for high school social fund.

Your municipality, department or region may grant you other assistance. They vary by communities. Each may define its own award criteria. The aid may be financial or material (school supplies, schoolbag, dictionary, etc.).

You need to find out from your community.

Who shall I contact

At vocational high school

You can benefit, under resource conditions, from back-to-school allowance (ARS)) and the high school scholarship as soon as your child enters high school.

If he is fellow and has obtained a mention good or all right at the national patent diploma, you can benefit from a merit scholarship.

If he is a scholarship holder and according to the chosen specialty, you can optionally an equipment premium.

If he goes to the canteen, you can aid for the canteen.

If he is enrolled in boarding school and scholarship, you can benefit from the residency grant.

In case of difficulty, you can also make a request for high school social fund.

Your municipality, department or region may grant you other assistance. They vary by communities. Each may define its own award criteria. The aid may be financial or material (school supplies, schoolbag, dictionary, etc.).

You need to find out from your community.

Who shall I contact

FYI  

If your child is disabled persons, the aid devices are different.

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