XN000022-1988-06-24 — Page 3

FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1988

2.

REVISION OF FEES FOR SENIOR SECONDARY, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

AND ADULT EDUCATION COURSES

FEES FOR FORMS FOUR TO SEVEN IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS AND FOR TEACHER TRAINING AND ADULT EDUCATION COURSES OPERATED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE 1988-89 AND 1989-90 SCHOOL YEARS WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE NEW FEES ARE FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS OF A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAMME TO PHASE IN FEE INCREASES TO RESTORE THE REAL VALUE OF THE FEES ANNOUNCED IN THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION.

THIS PLAN WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED IN JULY 1986 AND THE PHASING IN ON THE INCREASES OVER FIVE YEARS IS ΤΟ AVOID ANY UNDUE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON PARENTS.

FOR FORMS FOUR ΤΟ FIVE, THE FEE PAYABLE IN INSTALMENTS IN A YEAR WILL GO UP BY $20 то $105 A SEPTEMBER. IT WILL RISE FURTHER BY $25 TO $130 A MONTH FROM 1989.

10 MONTHLY MONTH NEXT SEPTEMBER

FOR FORMS SIX TO SEVEN AND FULL-TIME DAY COURSES IN THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE HK TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, THE FEE WILL GO UP BY $25 TO $140 A MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER 1988 AND THEN BY $30 TO $170 A MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER 1989.

THE FEE ASSISTANCE FOR SECONDARY FOUR TO SEVEN BOUGHT PLACES IN NON-PROFIT MAKING PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT GRANTS FOR ENGLISH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND LINGNAN COLLEGE WILL BE REVISED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE REVISED STANDARD FEES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID NEEDY STUDENTS COULD CONTINUE TO SEEK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE FER REMISSION SCHEME.

TO

UNDER THE SCHEME, UP TO 45 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL FEE INCOME FROM SECONDARIES FOUR TO FIVE AND 50 PER CENT FROM SECONDARIES SIX SEVEN MAY BE REMITTED.

AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT MAY RECEIVE EITHER HALF. THREE-QUARTER, FULL FEK REMISSION DEPENDING ON HIS FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

OR

AND

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF INTEREST-FREE LOANS MAINTENANCE GRANTS WILL CONTINUE TO RE MADE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND HK TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.

COURSES

NEW FEES FOR ADULT EDUCATION COURSES AND OTHER OPERATED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN THE SCHOOL YEARS 1988-89 AND 1989-90 WERE ALSO ANNOUNCED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID ALL FEES FOR THE 1990-91 SCHOOL YEAR WOULD BE ANNOUNCED NEARER THE TIME.

FEES IN