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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1975
48,554 ALLOCATED SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES
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A TOTAL OF 48,554 CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE 1975 SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THIS REPRESENTS 50.51 PER CENT OF THE 96,119 CANDIDATES
WHO SAT THE EXAMINATIONS.
COMPARABLE FIGURES FOR RECENT YEARS ARE:-
YEAR
NO. OF CANDIDATES SAT
NO. OF PLACES
ALLOCATED
PERCENTAGE
1972
79,156
34,989
44.2
1973
87,374
41,483
47.5
1974
93,501
46,762
50.01
1975
96,119
48,554
50.51
THE TOTAL ALLOCATED IN 1975 IS MADE UP AS FOLLOWS:-
GOVERNMENT AND AIDED 5-YEAR
PRIVATE 5-YEAR
AIDED 3-YEAR
PRIVATE 3-YEAR
NO. OF PLACES
ALLOCATED
17,219
1,500
1,260
28,575
THESE FIGURES COVER ALL CANDIDATES IN BLOCKS XI TO X5- Y1 AND Y2 AND ALSO 244 BLOCK Z1 CANDIDATES WHO WERE OFFERED UNFILLED 3-YEAR PLACES IN SCHOOLS NEAR THEIR HOMES. THE ALLOCATIONS TO THE 244 BLOCK Z1 CANDIDATES DO NOT APPEAR IN THE FULL RESULTS LISTS ISSUED TO PRIMARY SCHOOLS THEIR PARENTS WILL BE INFORMED INDIVIDUALLY IN WRITING.
CANDIDATES MAY INQUIRE ABOUT THEIR RESULTS AT THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO-DAY. THEY SHOULD REPORT TO THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOLS AGAIN ON TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1975 TAKING WITH THEM THEIR ADMISSION FORMS, IN ORDER THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL RESULTS SLIPS MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE FORMS.
/SUCCESSFUL