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special schools and 148 kindergartens/kindergarten-cum-child care centres through the School-based Support Services Office in the 2009-10 school year.
The Regional Education Offices also offer school-based support services to schools in response to the needs of students, teachers, schools and other stakeholders they serve.
Support Measures for Non-Chinese Speaking Students
The EDB has put in place various support measures to help non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students integrate in the local education system. Such measures include the provision of focused support and annual grant to 19 designated primary and nine secondary schools in the 2010-11 school year. A supplementary guide has been developed for teaching Chinese Language to NCS students and issued to schools alongside a series of curriculum resources including learning materials in the form of textbooks. Tertiary institutions have been commissioned to provide on-site support programmes, run Chinese Language Learning Support Centres offering further support to NCS students and train Chinese Language teachers of schools. with NCS students.
Support Programmes for Needy Students
Under the School-based After-school Learning and Support Programmes, 849 schools and 157 non-governmental organisations received subsidies in the 2010-11 school year for organising after-school activities to help some 163 100 needy students improve their learning effectiveness, broaden their learning experience outside the classroom and raise their understanding of the community and sense of belonging. The funding has significantly been increased by $100 million to $175 million to strengthen further support to the needy students.
Funding is also available to some 4000 needy student members of the Uniformed Groups and the Hong Kong Award for Young People to help them buy uniforms or join training courses.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Life-wide Learning Fund, established in 2002 by the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, provides financial aid to needy students to participate in life-wide learning activities organised or recognised by schools. In the 2009-2010 school year, about $44 million was allocated to 961 participating schools, benefiting 201 800 students (Primary 1- Secondary 7).
A computer recycling programme was launched in early 2009 to provide students of needy families with recycled computers and one year's free Internet access service. It is expected that about 20 000 families will benefit from this programme.
Regulatory Framework and Governance Structure
Government's Role and Organisation
The Secretary for Education, who heads the EDB, formulates, develops and reviews educational policies, secures funds from the government budget, and
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