Hong Kong’s semi-private schools to raise tuition fees by about 4.6%

Hong Kong’s semi-private schools have received approval from authorities to increase tuition fees by about 4.6 per cent on average, slightly down from the 4.8 per cent rise recorded last year.

The Education Bureau said on Tuesday that it had received applications from 174 schools to adjust tuition fees for the 2025-26 academic year as of August 31. They comprised 40 semi-private schools under the government’s direct subsidy scheme (DSS), 71 private schools, and 63 international ones.

Only one application from a DSS school and one from a private school were rejected, the bureau said.

Tuition fees of DSS schools were set to rise by 4.64 per cent on average for the new academic year, it added.

Fees on average would increase by 4.62 per cent at private schools and 4.6 per cent at international ones, according to the bureau.

Last year, DSS schools were approved to increase fees by 4.76 per cent on average for 2024-25, the most in five years.

The private and international schools got the green light last year to raise fees by 5.36 and 4.53 per cent, respectively.