Hong Kong’s largest international school group plans to raise tuition fees by about 4.8 per cent on average – or as much as HK$750 (US$96.40) per month – for its primary and secondary sections in the next academic year, pending authorities’ approval.
The fee increase rate was in line with what it proposed to the government last year and subsequently received approval.
On Monday evening, the English Schools Foundation (ESF) met to approve its budget for the coming academic year starting in September, and had greenlit an average 4.8 per cent rise in fees for its primary and secondary sections.
If approved, parents will have to pay HK$650 to HK$750 more monthly, depending on which grade their children are in.
But for Discovery College, a private independent school under ESF, a fee rise of 5.9 per cent was proposed to the government, meaning parents have to pay HK$900 to HK$1,190 more monthly.
