Financial Assistance Schemes for Primary & Secondary Students

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Overview

The Student Finance Office administers various financial assistance schemes for needy primary and secondary students, including the School Textbook Assistance (TA) Scheme, the Student Travel Subsidy Scheme and the Subsidy Scheme for Internet Access Charges (SIA). Please click here for details of the schemes.

Examination Fee Remission Scheme

Examination Fee Remission Scheme
Summary of Statistics
2023/2024Note 2024/2025 2025/2026
(as at 31.3.2026)
No. of Student-applications Processed - 11 896 11 295
No. of Successful Student-applicants - 11 736 11 151
HKDSEE - 11 385 10 770
Full grant - 6 989 6 584
Half grant - 4 396 4 186
Non-local Chinese Exam – - 351 381
GCSE Exam /
IGCSE Exam /
GCE (AS)-Level Exam /
GCE (A)-Level Exam
Full grant - 198 216
Half grant - 153 165
Total Amount of Subsidy Disbursed - $33.7m $33.1m
HKDSEE - $33.5m $32.9m
Non-local Chinese Exam – - $0.2m $0.2m
GCSE Exam /
IGCSE Exam /
GCE (AS)-Level Exam /
GCE (A)-Level Exam
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed - $2,875 $2,972
Note
The Government has paid the examination fees for school candidates sitting for the 2024 HKDSEE, as well as eligible non-Chinese speaking students sitting for the GCSE (Chinese) Examination, the IGCSE (Chinese) Examination, the GCE (AS)-Level Examination and GCE (A)-Level (Chinese) Examination in the 2023/24 school year. Hence, there is no need for needy students to apply for Examination Fee Remission Scheme (EFRS) in the 2023/24 school year. There are no relevant statistics of EFRS in the above-mentioned school years.