Financial Assistance Scheme for Designated Evening Adult Education Courses (FAEAEC)

Eligibility

• Students fulfilling the following criteria and attaining the abovementioned minimum attendance requirement are eligible for reimbursement of 30% of the tuition fees paid in two instalments -

  1. aged 17 or above; and
  2. attending evening secondary courses that are quality-assured and commissioned by the Education Bureau in the designated centres. For the list of designated centres run by ACPs, please visit: https://www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/other-edu-training/vocational-other-edu-program/even-adu-edu.html

• Please note the situations under which students will not be eligible for tuition fee reimbursement -

  1. Students who have obtained tuition fee reimbursement under the Diploma of Applied Education (DAE) / Diploma Yi Jin (“DYJ”, previously known as the Yi Jin Diploma (“YJD”) or Project Yi Jin (“PYJ”) before 2012/13 School Year) programme will not be eligible for tuition fee reimbursement under FAEAEC unless they have refunded the HKSAR Government all the reimbursements obtained under the DAE/DYJ/YJD or PYJ programme.

  2. Students cannot receive financial assistance for repeating the same level of study under FAEAEC, unless they switch from other curricula to the New Senior Secondary curriculum.

  Besides, if students enroll on both the DAE/DYJ programme and the evening secondary courses provided by ACPs under FAEAEC in the same school year, they are required to choose to receive tuition fee reimbursement under either the DAE/DYJ programme or FAEAEC.

  Once the parent or legal guardian of the students submitted the “Household Application for Student Financial Assistance Schemes” and passed the means test, the SFO will issue an Eligibility Certificate (EC) indicating that the student is eligible for "FULL" or "HALF" level of assistance. Having submitted the completed EC to the student’s ACPs for verification of his/her enrolment information, the student will be reimbursed with “FULL” or “HALF” of the tuition fees paid.

• The following classes of persons are not eligible to apply for student financial assistance for the 2027/28 academic year and after:

  1. persons and their dependants currently staying in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (“HKSAR”) under various talent and investment-related entrant schemes which include but are not limited to the Top Talent Pass Scheme, the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates, the Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents, the Vocational Professionals Admission Scheme, the General Employment Policy (GEP), the Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents and Professionals (ASMTP), the GEP and ASMTP (Technical Professionals Stream), the Technology Talent Admission Scheme, the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme and the New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme; and
  2. persons currently staying in the HKSAR on student/training visas and their dependants and persons currently staying in the HKSAR on Working Holiday visas.