Part 3 53 MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, SUPPORT UNITS AND SERVICES 3.77 Secondary 3 school-leavers attending full-time DVE or DVB programmes will normally be exempted from tuition fee payment until they have exhausted all free tuition-credits, as they are fully subvented under the 12-year free education policy. For Secondary 6 school-leavers taking full- time 1-year DVE programmes, a tuition fee of HK$20,500 is charged. 3.78 For part-time DFS and HD programmes, the tuition fee rates for AY 2023/24 are HK$180 and HK$265 per credit point respectively. 3.79 Tuition fee levels are subject to annual review. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE [2] 3.80 Full-time students of degree and sub-degree programmes can apply for grants and/or loans under the student financial assistance schemes operated by the Hong Kong Government’s Student Finance Office (SFO). Full-time students of below sub-degree programmes are eligible for the Tuition Fee Remission and Flat Rate Grant for Academic Expenses Scheme administered by VTC. Students of part-time programmes may apply for tuition fee loans through the Extended Non-means-tested Loan Scheme of SFO. The Student Development Office / Campus Secretariat of each campus provides students with relevant information about the various financial assistance schemes and assists them in the application process. 3.81 HD students taking modules registered under the Continuing Education Fund (CEF) can apply for subsidies. On successful completion of these modules and subject to the fulfillment of CEF’s requirements, students may be reimbursed up to 80% of the tuition fees paid subject to a maximum sum of HK$20,000 (for courses commencing before 1 August 2022) or *HK$25,000 (for courses commencing on/after 1 August 2022). * CEF subsidy ceiling has been increased to HK$25,000 per person with effect from 1 August 2022. 2 The financial assistance schemes are applicable to local students who meet the eligibility criteria of individual schemes.
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