Diploma of Applied Education (DAE) / Diploma Yi Jin (DYJ) Tuition Fee Reimbursement

Subsidy Scheme for Internet Access Charges (SIA)

• If applicants wish to apply for SIA for their children who are full-time DAE students, the application should be made when submitting the “Household Application for Student Financial Assistance Schemes”.

• Eligible full-time DAE students will be disbursed with SIA if:

  1. student-applicants are Hong Kong Residents, with right of abode, right to land or valid permission to remain without any condition of stay (other than the limit of stay) in Hong Kong;

  2. applicants passed the means test and are issued with Eligibility Certificates (ECs) for either "FULL" or "HALF" level of assistance;

     
     

  3. the student-applicants’ families are not in receipt of the same type of assistance under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme; and

     
     

  4. student-applicants / their families are not in receipt of financial support in respect of internet access charges at home by any public or private organisations or schools.

     
     

• The subsidy is granted on a household basis. Eligible families will receive a flat-rate cash grant, regardless of the number of children in the family, to meet the Internet access charges for e-learning at home for their children.

• Applicants issued with ECs should complete and submit their ECs to the institution within one week from the commencement date of school or within two weeks from the date of issue of the EC (whichever is later) in accordance with the Guidance Notes issued with the EC. Payment will be made to eligible applicants by direct credit to their bank accounts. Please visit the webpage of the Subsidy Scheme for Internet Access Charges for more details.