HK$2,500 student grant open for registration via iAM Smart from today
Parents are encouraged to use iAM Smart to submit applications for 2024/25 school year student grant of HK$2,500 for all their eligible children in one go.
The Education Bureau (EDB) announced earlier the arrangements in August for the provision of a student grant to day-school students in the 2024/25 school year.
Parents may log in to the e-platform via an 'iAM Smart+' account with a digital signing function to submit applications for all their eligible children in one go. For the 2024/25 school year, the e-platform is open from 6:00 a.m. on Sept. 13 to 11:59 p.m. on Oct.2. Parents are encouraged to use e-submission to enjoy more convenient and efficient e-service.
The following students are deemed eligible for the grant owing to special circumstances:
(a) children at the age of 2 years and 8 months or above as at September 1 of the 2024/25 school year concerned attending a Special Child Care Centre subsidised by the Social Welfare Department owing to special needs;
(b) newly arrived children attending a full-time Initiation Programme funded by the EDB;
(c) students taking full-time programmes for Secondary Three school leavers offered by the Vocational Training Council.
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