The Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to Encourage Upgrading
Find out about the Scholarship and the recipients for 2025.
The Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to Encourage Upgrading was first presented in 2001. It is an annual award to recognise outstanding ITE and polytechnic graduates who have performed well academically and attained good co-curricular activity records, and to encourage them to continue the journey of life-long learning. This year, 25 students received the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to Encourage Upgrading – 15 of whom are ITE graduates pursuing full-time studies at the polytechnics and 10 are polytechnic graduates pursuing full-time undergraduate studies at local universities.
LKY-STEP (ITE Upgraders) Recipients
Name | Former School | Current School |
Ammar Sufi Bin Mohammad Yusri | ITE College Central | Singapore Polytechnic |
Ariana Ser Ning En | ITE College Central | Temasek Polytechnic |
Jolene Chua Wen Sin | ITE College East | Temasek Polytechnic |
Justin Lim Weide | ITE College Central | Ngee Ann Polytechnic |
Moses Hee Jun Yao | ITE College East | Temasek Polytechnic |
Muhamad Ammar Bin Noor Amdam | ITE College Central | Ngee Ann Polytechnic |
Muhammad Zuhairi Bin Junaidi | ITE College Central | Ngee Ann Polytechnic |
Naomi Ong Yu | ITE College East | Republic Polytechnic |
Natasha Pay Qian Yun | ITE College East | Singapore Polytechnic |
Neesha Binte Akbar | ITE College East | Republic Polytechnic |
Priyanth Parimelazhagan | ITE College Central | Temasek Polytechnic |
Ren Tay | ITE College East | Nanyang Polytechnic |
Santos Rachael Ham | ITE College Central | Ngee Ann Polytechnic |
Tham Xiu Yu | ITE College West | ITE College West |
Winnie Leow Cai Ping | ITE College East | Singapore Polytechnic |
LKY-STEP (Polytechnic Upgraders) Recipients
Name | Former School | Current School |
Alex Chien Jun Hao | Nanyang Polytechnic | National University of Singapore |
Ashley Tan Min Yee | Singapore Polytechnic | Singapore Management University |
Chia Jin Teng Audrey Adelaide | Ngee Ann Polytechnic | Singapore Institute of Technology |
Goh Jer Arn Aloysius | Temasek Polytechnic | Nanyang Technological University |
Goh Jun Hui | Republic Polytechnic | Singapore Management University |
Leonard Wong | Nanyang Polytechnic | Singapore Management University |
Lim Shi Ting Jovis | Temasek Polytechnic | National University of Singapore |
Poh Ke Yuan | Ngee Ann Polytechnic | Singapore Institute of Technology |
Tan Xin Le | Ngee Ann Polytechnic | Nanyang Technological University |
Vania Lum Hui' En | Ngee Ann Polytechnic | National University of Singapore |