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non-profit-making schools in accordance with their.

entitlement under the provisions of the Codes of Aid

or other rules, and to inspect and audit the accounts

of these schools to ensure that the funds have been

properly spent;

to administer various schemes of financial assistance

to students, including school fee remission, and the

award of loans and grants to students at the colleges

of education and the Technical Teachers' College and

to administer education allowances;

to provide an information and counselling service to

the general public on educational facilities in

overseas countries as well as official sponsorship

and recommendations for Hong Kong students intending

to further their studies in the United Kingdom;

(ix) to provide central administration for the schools and

other educational institutions operated by the

Education Department, in particular with regard to

financial control and staffing, and to provide

resources for their operational needs;

(x) to issue guidance to schools and other education

bodies on the administration of approved policies;

(xi) to provide information, including statistical

information, to other parts of government and to

members of the public who seek it, and to publicise

the policies, functions and services of the Department;

(xii) to provide careers guidance service in every secondary

school and to assist careers teachers in providing

educational and vocational guidance to students;