The Chinese Univeristy of hong Kong

Introduction

Continuing Education Fund (CEF)

The Continuing Education Fund (CEF) subsidises adults with learning aspirations to pursue continuing education and training. The CEF new enhancement measures have been implemented from 1 August 2022. The subsidy ceiling has increased from HK$20,000 to HK$25,000 per applicant. To tie in with the enhancement measures, the School is actively expending the scope of our CEF reimbursable courses to areas of Chinese Medicine, Health Care, Education, Arts, and etc., in response to the learning needs of different learners.

 

The School has designed a variety of quality programmes and courses in the areas of Business Services, Design, Financial Services, Languages, Logistics, Tourism and Creative Industries that qualify for CEF reimbursement.

 

The following information is extracted from the website of the Continuing Education Fund at https://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/cef/en/index.htm, whichever is subject to it.

CEF Course List

Enhancement Measures of Continuing Education Fund^ (Effective from 1 August 2022)

  • increase of the CEF subsidy ceiling from $20,000 to $25,000 per person;
  • the co-payment ratio by learners (i.e. the percentage of course fee to be borne by learners) for the first $10,000 subsidy remains to be 20% of the course fee, and that for the remaining $15,000 subsidy is 40% of the course fee; and
  • removal of the upper age limit for CEF applicants.

^ The enhancement measures are applicable only for CEF courses commencing on or after 1 August 2022.

 

 

Eligibility

Persons who meet the following criteria can apply for CEF:

  • Hong Kong residents who have the right of abode or the right to land or to remain in Hong Kong without restriction; or holders of one-way permit from Mainland China;
  • **Aged between 18 and 70 (i.e. before reaching the age of 71) both at the time when the CEF reimbursable course under application commences and at the time when an application for fee reimbursement is submitted, which should be within one year upon the *successful completion of the CEF reimbursable course. Late applications will not be accepted;
  • Have enrolled in and paid the tuition fee for the CEF reimbursable course; and
  • Have not obtained any other public funds or assistance under any other publicly-funded financial assistance schemes for the same course, such as grants or loans from the “Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students” administered by the Student Finance Office of the Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFO, WFSFAA), etc.

* "Successful completion of the CEF reimbursable course" means the claimant has an attendance rate of not less than 70% (or such higher attendance requirement as prescribed for the course) and has passed the course assessments as required by the School. Applicants studying language proficiency course are required to pass a specified benchmark test / examination (if applicable) at the specified (or higher) level to be eligible for fee reimbursement.


** Please note the Enhancement Measures (Effective from 1 August 2022) as mentioned above.

 

For enquiries, please contact OCEF's 24-hour hotline at 3142-2277 (Handled by the staff of "1823") or the School at 2209-0478/2209-0235.