The Government will regularise the provision of the $2,500 grant to day-school students in
the 2020-21 school year.
It rolled out a one-off, non-means tested student grant in the 2019-20 school year to
alleviate parents’ financial burden.
The Education Bureau today issued a circular memorandum to all secondary day schools,
primary schools, special schools and kindergartens in Hong Kong to announce the
arrangements for the grant provision.
All students, as at the application date, studying in secondary day schools, primary schools and
special schools as well as kindergartens offering local or non-local curriculum in Hong Kong
are eligible for the grant.
Eligible children attending a special child care centre subsidised by the Social Welfare Department,
newly arrived children attending a full-time Initiation Programme funded by the bureau, and students
taking the Vocational Training Council’s (VTC) full-time programmes for Secondary 3 school leavers
are also entitled to the grant.
Students of evening schools or private studies, holders of student visas for entry into Hong Kong fo
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studies and holders of the form of recognizance issued by the Immigration Department are ineligible
.
Schools can collect application forms at the respective regional education offices from tomorrow,
while special child care centres and the VTC can collect the application forms at the
bureau's Special Duties Office.
Parents are advised to return the completed forms to the schools concerned as soon as possible. Scho
ols must submit the completed forms to the bureau by November 6.