Editing Direct Subsidy Scheme (section)

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The '''Direct Subsidy Scheme''' ('''DSS''') is instituted by the [[Education Bureau]] of Hong Kong to enhance the quality of private schools at the primary and secondary levels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_689/ecr3_e.pdf |title=Education Commission Report No.3 |author=Education Commission |date=June 1988 |accessdate=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001131617/http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_689/ecr3_e.pdf |archivedate=1 October 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The [[Hong Kong government]] has been encouraging non-government secondary schools which have attained a sufficiently high educational standard to join the DSS by [[Charter school|providing subsidies]] to enhance the quality of private school education since the 1991–92 school year.<ref name=EDB>{{cite web |url=http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeid=1475&langno=1 |title=Direct Subsidies Scheme-Information for Schools |author=Education Bureau |publisher= |accessdate=16 December 2009 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001131703/http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeid=1475&langno=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 2000–01 school year, the DSS was extended to primary schools.<ref name=EDB/> In the 2001–02 school year, the terms of the DSS were significantly improved to attract more schools to join the scheme.<ref name=memo>{{cite web |url=http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_1489/AdmCir210-2001-e.pdf |title=Circular Memorandum No.210/2001 |author=Director of Education |date=28 June 2001 |accessdate=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001131844/http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_1489/AdmCir210-2001-e.pdf |archivedate=1 October 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Under the scheme, schools are free to decide on their curriculum, fees, and entrance requirements.<ref name=fail1>{{Cite web|date=8 March 2021|title=【教育專題】直資風雨飄搖三十載 議會盼教局勿忘初心|url=https://std.stheadline.com/education/article/1516291/教育-中學-教育專題-直資風雨飄搖三十載-議會盼教局勿忘初心?fbclid=IwAR1PiIp50ZRqyNDdgTjSGf5vo7xkS0bbVEraHokTA38cvW7mh-KYEifF2Vo|website=[[Sing Tao Daily]]|accessdate=21 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=fail2>{{Cite web|date=8 March 2021|title=【教育專題】生源不足 直資新校或減少|url=https://std.stheadline.com/education/article/1516300/教育-中學-教育專題-生源不足-直資新校或減少?fbclid=IwAR1ma1Mgg856rgMzdUJS25fiYB6c2SH_pr8vfdVh7TNYmUz7qupNrz_fKCM|website=[[Sing Tao Daily]]|accessdate=21 March 2021}}</ref>