Almost 30,000 students registered for school supplies subsidies

Since February 13, around 30,000 Macau students have registered to receive the annual subsidy granted by the government for the acquisition of school supplies, the Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) has informed in a statement.

According to the  statement, the proportion of registered local students in Macau has a bigger incidence compared to those studying abroad (14,775).
Students who meet the necessary requirements and register by March 31 will be each granted MOP 3,000 by the GAES.

The office urges students who qualify for the grant to register as soon as possible.
According to the data provided by the GAES, from the almost 15,000 studying abroad, almost half are studying in universities in mainland China (7,086), followed by institutions in Taiwan (4,370) and then Hong Kong (1,472). The UK comes next on the preferences of Macau students with a total of 849 students registered. Australia and the USA have 537 and 506 students respectively, and there are 286 students from Macau studying in Portuguese universities.
Most of the students, from both local and overseas universities who are registered currently (23,048), are in licentiate degrees, and there are 3,000 students studying Masters degrees registered.
The GAES also reiterated that the subsidy would be attributed in one single installment issued by the Financial Services Bureau within 60 days from the application deadline.
Students who have already registered, can check their application status at any time by entering their access code given at the time of registration on the website. In addition, GAES will inform the registered students, by e-mail and SMS, of the result of the application.