Financial Assistance Schemes for Primary & Secondary Students

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Overview

The Student Finance Office administers various financial assistance schemes for needy primary and secondary students, including the School Textbook Assistance (TA) Scheme, the Student Travel Subsidy Scheme and the Subsidy Scheme for Internet Access Charges (SIA). Please click here for details of the schemes.

Links, Forms & Download

  • The Student Finance Office (SFO) encourages applicants to register and use “iAM Smart+” to digitally sign the Declaration of “Electronic Household Application Form for Student Financial Assistance Schemes” (E-Form). Applicants will not need to print, sign and submit separately the signed Declaration. For more details on the registration of ”iAM Smart+”, please visit the “iAM Smart” website .

2024/25 School Year
Applicable to Continuing Applicants

(i.e. applicants who have successfully applied for financial assistance in the 2023/24 school year on or before 1 March 2024 for (i) primary and secondary students or (ii) students at pre-primary, primary and secondary levels or (iii) pre-primary students who will be attending Primary 1 (P1) in the 2024/25 school year)

Starting from mid-March 2024, the SFO will issue Access Code and/ or paper-based pre-filled “Household Application Form for Student Financial Assistance Schemes” (Paper-based Pre-filled Form) to continuing applicants in batches according to their option indicated in the 2023/24 application. Continuing applicants may –

    1. E-submission

      Access the “Pre-filled E-Form” tab in the “SFO E-link – My Applications (Financial Assistance Schemes at Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary Levels)” website, and use “iAM Smart” or enter the Access Code and required information to open the E-Form which has been pre-filled with their application details (Pre-filled E-Form). Continuing applicants may then complete the Pre-filled E-Form, upload relevant supporting documents and submit the application online; or

    2. Complete and submit the Paper-based Pre-filled Form issued by the SFO, together with copies of relevant supporting documents, by post with the return envelope provided by the SFO.

Application Documents
Document Number Document Name Paper-based Application Electronic Application
SFO 107B(1) Guidance Notes Paper-based Application

SFO 107B(2) / SFO 107B(E)

Notes on How to Complete and Return Household Application Form
(including Sample I: Income Certificate; Sample II/III: Profit & Loss Account; and Sample IV: Self-prepared Income Breakdown)
Paper-based Application Electronic Application

Applicable to Other Applicants

(i.e. new applicants and applicants who have NOT received financial assistance for primary and secondary students in the 2023/24 school year on or before 1 March 2024)

Other applicants may –

Application Form and Documents
Document Number Document Name Paper-based Application Electronic Application
SFO 7B Household Application Form for Student Financial Assistance Schemes Paper-based Application -
SFO 75B(1) Guidance Notes Paper-based Application
SF0 75B(2)/ SFO 75B(E) Notes on How to Complete and Return Household Application Form
(including Sample I: Income Certificate; Sample II/III: Profit & Loss Account; and Sample IV: Self-prepared Income Breakdown)
Paper-based Application Electronic Application
Other relevant forms and documents (applicable on a case-by-case basis)
Document Number Document Name Paper-based Application Electronic Application
SFO 108 Cover Sheet for Supporting Documents Paper-based Application -
SFO 182 Cover Sheet for Addressed envelope for submission of application Paper-based Application -
- Notification of Change of Correspondence / Residential Address Paper-based Application
- Form of Supplementary Information Paper-based Application
Leaflet on Household Application for Student Financial Assistance Schemes
Document Number Document Name

Paper-based Application

Electronic Application
English Leaflet Paper-based Application
  • Leaflet and “Notes on How to Complete and Return Household Application Form” in languages of different races Show more

Remarks:

Documents obtainable from the Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of District Offices, schools, Regional Education Offices of the Education Bureau, the SFO (Mong Kok office and Cheung Sha Wan office), District Social Welfare Offices of the Social Welfare Department and Support Service Centres for Ethnic Minorities.