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
2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024
(as at 31.3.2024)
No. of Student-applications Processed 47 064 41 434 36 097 
No. of Successful Student-applicants Note 24 918 23 148 20 960
½ fee remission 8 509 8 022 7 567
¾ fee remission 2 284 2 154 2 029
Full fee remission 14 125 12 972 11 364
Fee Remission Ceiling
Kindergarten (half-day classes) (per annum) $5,400 $10,400 $11,280
Kindergarten (whole-day classes) (per annum) $15,200 $28,180 $29,330
Child Care Centre (Group aged 0-2) (per month) $6,700 $6,710 $6,720
Child Care Centre (Group aged 2-3) (per month) $6,509 $6,521 $6,802
Total Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (million) $302.0 $290.6 $199.4
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (kindergarten students) $10,735 $11,221 $8,692
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (child care centre students) $31,553 $31,730 $23,313
Note:

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