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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1990
PARENTS TO RECEIVE FEE REMISSION PAYMENT SOON
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED PROCESSING THE FIRST 1,100 APPLICATIONS FOR KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION AND SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THEIR PAYMENTS FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AMOUNTING TO $360,000, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
OF THE APPLICATIONS PROCESSED, 976 WERE SUCCESSFUL. THESE INCLUDED 119 ELIGIBLE PARENTS WHO WILL RECEIVE 100 PER CENT OF THE ACTUAL FEE CHARGED OR THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE FEE OF NON-PROFIT-MAKING KINDERGARTENS, WHICHEVER IS THE LESS.
ANOTHER 93 PARENTS WILL RECEIVE 75 PER CENT BETWEEN HALF AND A QUARTER OF EITHER THE ACTUAL FEE OR AVERAGE FEE.
AND THE REST THE WEIGHTED
KINDERGARTENS FULL-DAY
THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE FEES OF NON-PROFIT-MAKING FOR 1990/91 SCHOOL YEAR ARE $336 FOR HALF-DAY AND $740 FOR SESSION SCHOOLS. THE FEES WILL BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT SINCE AUGUST THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 5,900 APPLICATIONS FOR FEE REMISSION FROM 508 KINDERGARTENS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, COMPARED WITH 4,400 LAST YEAR.
"PROCESSING OF ANOTHER 2,000 APPLICATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED SOMETIME NEXT MONTH AND THE REST BY DECEMBER, HE SAID.
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"THEREAFTER, PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE, THROUGH THE KINDERGARTENS TO PARENTS, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED PARENTS THAT THEY MAY APPLY ΤΟ THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE KINDERGARTENS FOR FEE REMISSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
COPIES OF A LEAFLET INTRODUCING THE FEE REMISSION SCHEME ARE AVAILABLE FROM KINDERGARTENS, DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES AND THE KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE FEE REMISSION SCHEME UNIT TEL. 839 2546 OR 839 2344.
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