Continuing Education Fund (CEF)

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Overview

The Continuing Education Fund (CEF) subsidises adults aged 18 or above to pursue continuing education and training. Eligible applicants may submit unlimited number of claims for reimbursement of fees up to a maximum sum of HK$25,000 within one year upon successful completion of CEF reimbursable courses.

Statistics

Statistics on the Continuing Education Fund (CEF) Scheme (Position as at 28.02.2025)
Continuing Education Fund Summary of Statistics
Financial Year 2022/2023 2023/20242024/2025
(as at 28.02.2025)
Number of applications received 52 48251 91154 298
Number of applications approved 52 41049 61346 108
Number of reimbursed courses^ 62 27860 36555 682
Amount of reimbursement (million) $467.39$473.78$421.10
Remarks:
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Each claim may include one or more than one CEF reimbursable course

Continuing Education Fund Summary of Statistics
CEF Reimbursement Claims Cumulative Total
(as at 28.02.2025)
(a) No. of reimbursement claims received 888,206
(b) No. of reimbursement claims under processing 9,450
(c) No. of reimbursement claims completed 878,756
(d) No. of approved claims 859,893
(e) No. of reimbursed courses 1,101,447
(f) No. of withdrawn reimbursement claims 4,637
(g) No. of rejected reimbursement claims 14,226
(h) Amount reimbursed $6,532,256,873.73