No rush of students extending validity of their concession card

Student Yap Jin Cheng was surprised when a message about a successful extension of the validity of his concession card popped up on the screen of a ticketing service kiosk at Bishan MRT station on Oct 1. He was just planning to top up his card.

- Esther Loi

The 16-year-old, who studies at Raffles Institution, had no idea why the message popped up and was not sure what it meant, since he has two more years left in his school's six-year Integrated Programme and will graduate only at the end of 2026.

He found out later that Oct 1 was the first day that graduating students from secondary schools, junior colleges (JCs), polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) could visit ticketing or top-up machines at MRT stations and bus interchanges, or a ticketing counter, to extend the validity of their concession cards for four months after their studies.

They will be able to do so till Dec 31 and even after that, although the four-month extension will start from the end of their studies.