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Monday, May 28, 1973

GOVERNMENT MAINTENANCE GRANTS TO NEGDY PUPILS

Needy and deserving pupils who have good results in this year's

Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examinations (English and Chinese)

can apply for government maintenance grants to enable them to take matriculation

Courses.

The amount of the grant will be determined by a maintenance grants committee appointed by the Director of Education.

In recent years grants awarded have been in the region of $50 a month and are temable for one year at any school approved by him.

"A grant shall be discontinued at any time if, in the opinion of

the Director, the recipient fails to merit the award by reason of lack of progress or unsatisfactory conduct," an Education Department spokesman said.

Application forms are obtainable from June 1 at the Education

Department headquarters in Lee Gardens.

Completed forms must be returned, through heads of schools, to the Secretary of the Maintenance Grants Committee, Education Department not later than 10 days after the publication of the results of the Certificate of Education Examinations (Chinese and English).

The spokesman said: "Heads of schools have been asked to inform pupils in upper forms and middle 5 classes about two Education Department circulars which give details on how to apply for the grants."

During the 1972/73 academic year, 165 pupils in Chinese middle schools applied for maintenance grants. Of these, 132 were awarded grants totalling $45,600.

In the same period, there were 1,036 applications from pupils in upper forms in Anglo-Chinese secondary schools. Grants totalling $241,850 were awarded to 777 pupils to study in lower and upper 6 forms.

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