Reference Materials on Capacity Enhancement Grant

Capacity Enhancement Grant (CEG) [Updated as at August 2024]

Starting from the 2000/01 school year, CEG is provided to aided, government, caput and Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools and schools operating full-time Initiation Programme for newly arrived children for relieving teachers’ workload so that teachers will have enhanced capacity to concentrate on the critical tasks in the education reform.  Schools can use CEG to hire outside services and/or personnel* outside the approved staff establishment on a temporary basis according to their own circumstances and priorities.  From February 2006, the government has committed itself to providing long-term support to schools by making CEG a recurrent provision.

Starting from the 2007/08 school year, schools are no longer required to apply for the recurrent CEG annually.  CEG for the new school year will be disbursed to eligible schools in August¹ according to the number of approved classes² of the new school year. 

When using CEG, schools should refer to the following -