XN000022-1990-03-13 — Page 5

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1990

NEW KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION SCHEME TO BENEFIT MORE NEEDY PARENTS

A GREATER NUMBER OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS ARE EXPECTED BENEFIT FROM THE NEW KINDERGARTEN IMPROVEMENT MEASURES WHICH WILL INTRODUCED IN THE 1990-91 SCHOOL YEAR.

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THE MEASURES INCLUDE A NEW FEE REMISSION SCHEME WHICH IS SIMILAR IN APPROACH ΤΟ THE LONG-ESTABLISHED SCHEME FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL PARENT-APPLICANTS IS EXPECTED ΤΟ BE ABOUT 10,000 COMPARED WITH ABOUT 4,000 UNDER THE EXISTING FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME FOR KINDERGARTENS, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

HE SAID THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FEE REMISSION WILL BE THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF THE FEES CHARGED IN NON-PROFIT-MAKING KINDERGARTENS OR THE ACTUAL FEE CHARGED BY THE KINDERGARTEN ATTENDED, WHICHEVER IS THE LOWER.

THE LEVEL OF REMISSION RECEIVED BY EACH APPLICANT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND TOTAL FAMILY INCOME.

IN ASSESSING FEE REMISSION, A STANDARD RECKONER WILL BE USED IN RESPECT OF FAMILY INCOME, AS ILLUSTRATED BELOW:

EXAMPLES OF MONTHLY INCOME

0

($)

2100

POINTS

2101

-

2800

2801 3600

-

3601 4300

-

4301 5000

5001

5801

5800

6400

6401 6900

-

6901

7500

20

16

12

8

5

4

3

2

1

IN ADDITION TO POINTS BASED ON INCOME, ONE POINT WILL BE AWARDED FOR EACH DEPENDENT IN THE FAMILY. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS SCORED BY THE APPLICANT WILL DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF REMISSION.

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FULL REMISSION WILL BE GRANTED

AN APPLICANT WHO HAS 20 POINTS OR OVER, THREE-QUARTERS REMISSION TO 17-19 POINTS, HALF REMISSION TO 15-16 POINTS AND A QUARTER

TO 10-14 POINTS. THERE WILL BE NO REMISSION TO THOSE WITH LESS THAN 10 POINTS.

REMISSION

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