Kindergarten & Child Care Centre Fee Remission Scheme (KCFRS) & Grant for School-related Expenses for Kindergarten Students (Grant-KG)

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Overview

The Student Finance Office administers two financial assistance schemes for needy pre-primary students, including the Kindergarten and Child Care Centre Fee Remission Scheme (KCFRS) and the Grant for School-related Expenses for Kindergarten (Grant-KG). Please click here for details of the schemes.

KCFRS

Kindergarten and Child Care Centre Fee Remission Scheme
Summary of Statistics
2024/2025 2025/2026 2026/2027
(as at 30.9.2026)
No. of Student-applications Processed 30 411 26 649 20 737
No. of Successful Student-applicants Note 1 19 011 17 051 9 485
½ fee remission 7 145 6 500 3 600
¾ fee remission 1 821 1 590 973
Full fee remission 10 045 8 961 4 912
Fee Remission Ceiling
Kindergarten (half-day classes) (per annum) $11,690 $11,690 $11,750
Kindergarten (whole-day classes) (per annum) $30,390 $30,390 $30,540
Child Care Centre (Group aged 0-2) (per month) $6,735 $6,745 $6,755
Child Care Centre (Group aged 2-3) (per month) $7,569 $8,376 $8,385
Total Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (million) $263.9 $253.7 $26.1
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (kindergarten students) $12,429 $13,345 $2,581
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (child care centre students) $34,591 $34,417 $7,138

Note 1: Those students who have passed means test but need not pay school fee under the kindergarten education scheme are excluded.