The value of the recurrent subsidy received by a Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) school is dependent on the number of students enrolled and the average unit cost of an aided school place. This system may disadvantage some DSS schools with relatively small numbers of students enrolled.直資學校是政府直接撥款給予學校,資助的金額是學生人數乘以平均成本。學校收生人數較多,獲得充裕資助,可用於添置器材,加強學生的藝術培訓或提升語文教學素質。學校收生人數較少,老師在教育經費支絀下不獲續約,士氣低落而影響教學素質。近年來,轉為直資的學校不斷增加。直資學校在課程、收生和運用資源上有絕對的自由,還可以收取學費。