Kindergarten & Child Care Centre Fee Remission Scheme (KCFRS) & Grant for School-related Expenses for Kindergarten Students (Grant-KG)

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Overview

The Student Finance Office administers two financial assistance schemes for needy pre-primary students, including the Kindergarten and Child Care Centre Fee Remission Scheme (KCFRS) and the Grant for School-related Expenses for Kindergarten (Grant-KG). Please click here for details of the schemes.

KCFRS

Kindergarten and Child Care Centre Fee Remission Scheme
Summary of Statistics
2022/2023 2023/2024 2024/2025
(as at 30.11.2024)
No. of Student-applications Processed 41 434 36 889 28 727
No. of Successful Student-applicants Note 1 23 148 21 522 16 446
½ fee remission 8 022 7 763 6 160
¾ fee remission 2 154 2 074 1 631
Full fee remission 12 972 11 685 8 655
Fee Remission Ceiling
Kindergarten (half-day classes) (per annum) $10,400 $11,280 $11,690
Kindergarten (whole-day classes) (per annum) $28,180 $29,330 $30,390
Child Care Centre (Group aged 0-2) (per month) $6,710 $6,720 $6,735
Child Care Centre (Group aged 2-3) (per month) $6,521 $6,802 $7,569
Total Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (million) $290.6 $284.6 $82.5
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (kindergarten students) $11,221 $11,919 $4,624
Average Amount of Subsidy Disbursed (child care centre students) $31,730 $33,263 $12,823

Note 1: Those students who have passed means test but need not pay school fee under the kindergarten education scheme are excluded.