The corona virus has placed many families under financial strain. Jobs losses and businesses closing down has seen a huge fall in income for many. It appears, that for some parents at least, they will not be facing higher tuition fees this year.
Nearly half of Hong Kong’s direct subsidy scheme (DSS) schools plan to freeze next year’s tuition levels amid the coronavirus-driven economic downturn , though almost a third have already applied to raise fees.
Among the city’s 71 DSS schools – government-subsidised institutions that occupy a middle ground between public and private – 35 have said they will freeze fees in 2020-21.
Many private and international schools in Hong Kong have already announced plans to freeze fees for the next academic year, including the 22 kindergartens and other institutions run by the city’s biggest international school group, the English Schools Foundation.
However, at least 560 of the city’s 1,050 kindergartens have applied to increase tuition next year, according to education officials.
The problem for schools though is their costs have not fallen and bills still need to be paid.
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