TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1988
310,000 APPLY FOR STUDENT TRAVEL SUBSIDY
MORE THAN 310,000 APPLICATIONS FOR THE TRAVEL ALLOWANCE PAYABLE UNDER THE NEW STUDENT TRAVEL SCHEME HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF
STUDENTS ATTENDING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
FULL-TIME
THESE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED BY THE STUDENT TRAVEL ALLOWANCE UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
AND
APPLICATION FORMS ARE OBTAINABLE IN THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, THE TWO APPROVED POST SECONDARY COLLEGES, THE FIVE UNIVERSITY POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE INSTITUTIONS AND THE ACADEMY PERFORMING ARTS.
THE DEADLINE FOR
FOR
THEIR
POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS ΤΟ RETURN
THAT HAVING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT APPLICATION FORMS IS NOVEMBER 4,
MOST IN THE SECOND OF THESE INSTITUTIONS COMMENCED THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR HALF OF SEPTEMBER.
WHO STUDENTS
HAVE NOT
"UNDER THE NEW SCHEME, POST-SECONDARY YET COMPLETED THE FIRST DEGREE COURSE AND ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 ELIGIBLE,' A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
14
PAID
ARE
BE WILL
ACADEMIC
IN
YEAR
ACCOUNTS
OF
"IF EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY, THE ALLOWANCE
THE MID-DECEMBER IN THE FORM OF A LUMP SUM FOR
WHOLE DIRECTLY 1988-89 THROUGH AUTO-PAY FACILITIES
INTO THE
CASE THE APPLICANTS, I.E. PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN
INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS IN SECONDARY STUDENTS AND ATTENDING POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
T
THE ALLOWANCE IS CALCULATED AS HALF THE
BY OPERATORS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
OF PRIMARY AND THE CASE OF THOSE
AVERAGE FARE CHARGED
BASED ON SURVEYS
CONDUCTED
BY THE WHICH THE
THESE AVERAGE FARES ARE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT FOR JOURNEYS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT IN STUDENT LIVES AND THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED.
INTO ACCOUNT THE
IMPORTANCE
THE SCHEME TAKES EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
OF
FROM SCHOOL AND ASSIST STUDENTS PLACE OF
A IT SUBSIDISES 10 JOURNEYS
WEEK TO AND INCLUDES AN EXTRA PROVISION FOR FOUR TRIPS A WEEK TO
DISTANCE FROM THEIR LIVING IN AN AREA BEYOND THE WALKING STUDY TO TAKE PART IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
WAS MADE ON THE ACTIVITIES
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ADDITIONAL PROVISION BASIS THAT MOST OF THE EDUCATION-RELATED EXTRA-CURRICULAR TOOK PLACE IN THE SCHOOL PREMISES AFTER NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS.
/HAVING TAKEN