SCOLAR set up the Professional Development Incentive Grant Scheme for Language Teachers in April 2004 to encourage serving teachers of the Chinese and English Language subjects to enhance their subject knowledge and pedagogy in the language they teach.

Each applicant may receive 50% of the tuition fee of an entire programme of study, up to a maximum of HK$30,000, upon the successful completion of the approved relevant programmes of study.

Applications for earmarking of grant are processed on a first-come-first-served basis. The time taken for processing an application for earmarking / release of grant depends on individual case and the number of applications received at a particular time. Under normal circumstances, the Scheme will notify the applicant of the result / progress within 30 working days after the receipt of the application. During the peak season (July to October), the time taken will be about two months.