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
2023/2024 2024/2025 2025/2026
(as at 31.10.2025)
No. of Student-applications Processed 36 889 30 411 24 275
No. of Successful Student-applicants Note 1 21 522 19 011 13 170
½ fee remission 7 763 7 145 5 029
¾ fee remission 2 074 1 821 1 293
Full fee remission 11 685 10 045 6 848
Fee Remission Ceiling
Kindergarten (half-day classes) (per annum) $11,280 $11,690 $11,690
Kindergarten (whole-day classes) (per annum) $29,330 $30,390 $30,390
Child Care Centre (Group aged 0-2) (per month) $6,720 $6,735 $6,745
Child Care Centre (Group aged 2-3) (per month) $6,802 $7,569 $8,376
Total Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (million) $284.6 $263.9 $52.6
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (kindergarten students) $11,919 $12,429 $3,716
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (child care centre students) $33,263 $34,591 $10,003

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