Your child enters school or is already in school: financial support
Verified 30 April 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If your child is going to be in school soon or is already in school, you can benefit from financial aid, under certain conditions. Helpers differ if your child is at primary school, at college, at general high school or at vocational high school.
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In primary school
You can benefit, under conditions of resources, from the back-to-school allowance (ARS)) from the age of 6 of your child.
If he goes to the canteen, you can optionally, under resource conditions, benefit from of aids for the canteen.
Some departments grant a scholarship for elementary school for pupils enrolled from CP. This scholarship is awarded under conditions of resources and geographical remoteness.
Your municipality, department or region may provide you with other assistance. They vary according to communities. Each may define its own award criteria. Assistance can be financial or material (school supplies, binders, dictionaries, etc.).
You need to ask your community.
At the college
You can benefit, under conditions of resources, from the back-to-school allowance (ARS)) and the college scholarship as soon as your child enters college.
If he goes to the canteen, you can optionally, under resource conditions, benefit from of aids for the canteen.
If he's in school boarding school and scholarship, you can benefit from the boarding school bonus.
In case of difficulty, you can also apply for college social fund.
Your municipality, department or region may provide you with other assistance. They vary according to communities. Each may define its own award criteria. Assistance can be financial or material (school supplies, binders, dictionaries, etc.).
You need to ask your community.
In high school
You can benefit, under conditions of resources, from the back-to-school allowance (ARS)) and the high school scholarship as soon as your child enters high school.
Warning
If your child is 18 years old before September 16, you cannot benefit from the ARS.
If it is fellowship and has obtained a mention good or very good at the national patent diploma, you can benefit from a merit award.
If he attends the canteen, you can possibly, under conditions of resources, benefit of aids for the canteen,
If he is a boarding student and a fellow, you can benefit from the boarding school bonus.
In case of difficulty, you can also apply for high school social fund.
Your municipality, department or region may provide you with other assistance. They vary according to communities. Each may define its own award criteria. Assistance can be financial or material (school supplies, binders, dictionaries, etc.).
You need to ask your community.
In vocational high school
You can benefit, under conditions of resources, from the back-to-school allowance (ARS)) and the high school scholarship as soon as your child enters high school.
Warning
If your child is 18 years old before September 16, you cannot benefit from the ARS.
If it is fellowship and has obtained a mention good or very good at the national patent diploma, you can benefit from a merit award.
If he is a scholarship holder and according to the chosen specialty, you can optionally benefit from an equipment premium.
If he attends the canteen, you can possibly benefit of aids for the canteen.
If he is a boarding student and a fellow, you can benefit from the boarding school bonus.
In case of difficulty, you can also apply for high school social fund.
Your municipality, department or region may provide you with other assistance. They vary according to communities. Each may define its own award criteria. Assistance may be financial or material (school supplies, binders, dictionaries, etc.).
You need to ask your community.
FYI
If your child is with a disability, support devices are different.