Editing Direct Subsidy Scheme (section)

==Curricula==
DSS schools are free to design their own curriculum. They are not subject to the guidelines issued by the Education Department.<ref name=s7>{{cite web|url=http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_1489/ss_section7.pdf|title=Direct Subsidy Scheme Explanatory Notes for Secondary Schools S/S Section 4|accessdate=16 December 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001131936/http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_1489/ss_section7.pdf|archivedate=1 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Although DSS schools are required to offer principally a curriculum targeting local students and prepare its students to sit for local examinations,<ref name=s7/> certain DSS schools are currently offering or are set to offer [[International Baccalaureate]] programmes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.dbs.edu.hk/ib/index.php?sid=1 |title=Diocesan Boys' School IB Information Overview |publisher= |accessdate=16 December 2009 |archive-date=28 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128160326/http://www2.dbs.edu.hk/ib/index.php?sid=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=sci>{{Cite web|date=12 January 2021|title=【教育專題】直資私校熱捧國際課程 選AL或IBDP宜按能力興趣|url=https://std.stheadline.com/education/article/1473952/教育-中學-教育專題-直資私校熱捧國際課程-選AL或IBDP宜按能力興趣?fbclid=IwAR3WXRBY41ZhQN8KCJR2LPALjMuaSF4W-Snv-ckQ5Xnn5JdAS3Kd55Lgk8o|website=[[Sing Tao Daily]]|accessdate=21 March 2021}}</ref>