CDAC adopts a consistent approach as the CPF Board on the types of employees who are not required to make payment.
In general, those who are not required to contribute include work pass holders and students belonging to the following groups:
- Registered students of the following schools and Madrasahs (except for students who have completed the GCE “A” level examination or its equivalent) working during the school holiday period stated in the Ministry of Education website (with effect from 1 February 2018).
- Government and Government-Aided Schools
- Independent Schools
- Specialised Independent Schools
- Specialised Schools
- MOE-funded Special Education Schools
- Mountbatten Vocational School
- Madrasahs
– Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah
– Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah
– Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah
– Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah
– Madrasah Al-Ma’arif Al-Islamiah
– Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah
Please refer to sis.moe.gov.sg for the list of schools under (a) to (d) and the Ministry of Education website for the list of schools under (e).
- Matriculated or registered students of the following institutions and employed for training approved by their institutions during the school term and/or school holiday period:
With effect from 1 January 2018
a. any university whose function of providing university education is determined by any written law
b. the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore, established by the Institute of Technical Education Act
c. a polytechnic established by any written law
Please refer to the Ministry of Education website for the list of institutions under the section “Autonomous Universities”, “Institute of Technical Education” and “Polytechnics”.
With effect from 1 February 2018
a. Specialised Schools
b. MOE-funded Special Education Schools
c. Mountbatten Vocational School
Please refer to sis.moe.gov.sg for the list of schools under (a) and the Ministry of Education website for the list of schools under (b).
- Matriculated or registered students of any overseas tertiary education institution and are required by the overseas tertiary education institution to undergo training in Singapore for a period of not more than 6 months. With effect from 1 February 2018, students are required to submit to their employers a written confirmation from the overseas tertiary education institution to indicate that they are —
(i) matriculated or registered students of the overseas tertiary education institution; and
(ii) required by the overseas tertiary education institution to undergo training in Singapore.
- Matriculated or registered students of any private education institution enrolled in a full-time programme subsidised by the Ministry of Education and employed for training approved by their institutions (with effect from 1 February 2018):
a. All full-time diploma programme programmes at LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE) and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
b. Bachelor of Music programme offered by the Royal College of Music, London, at NAFA
c. All full-time Bachelor’s degree programmes offered by Goldsmiths College, University of London, at LASALLE
Please refer to the Ministry of Education website for the list of programmes under the section “LASALLE College of the Arts & Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts”.