Editing Direct Subsidy Scheme (section)

==Standard==
Non-government schools must satisfy stipulated standards to be eligible to join the scheme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_1489/ss_section2.pdf|title=Direct Subsidy Scheme Explanatory Notes for Secondary Schools S/S Section 2|accessdate=16 December 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123143/http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_1489/ss_section2.pdf|archivedate=16 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The standards include requirements regarding the mode of operation (unisessional), class size, teacher's qualifications and facilities. For example, schools need a permanent school premises, more than 70 per cent of teachers had to be degree-holders, and they had to have sufficient facilities such as computer, music and language labs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=13115&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20020218&sear_year=2002 |title=Private school status hard to attain |author=Teddy Ng |date=19 November 2002 |accessdate=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143659/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=13115&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20020218&sear_year=2002 |archivedate=4 June 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>