The Direct Subsidy Scheme is a system instituted by the Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau (a division of the Hong Kong government) as a means to enhance the quality of private schools in Hong Kong at the kindergarten, primary, and secondary levels. The Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau (ch. ... On July 1, 1997, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending more than 150 years of British colonial control. ... Private schools are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds. ... Kindergarten (German for garden for children) is a name used in many parts of the world for the first stages of a childs classroom education. ... Primary or elementary education consist of the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Secondary education is a period of education which, in most contemporary educational systems of the world, follows directly after primary education, and which may be followed by tertiary, post-secondary, or higher education (for example university). ...

An existing DSS school is granted a subsidy based on its operating history; the subsidy is calculated according to the average unit cost for each local student enrolled. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... In mathematics, there are numerous methods for calculating the average or central tendency of a list of n numbers. ... Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ...

Sources

Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau - Direct Subsidy Scheme

See also

• Education in Hong Kong