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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1979
+THOUGH ONLY SCALED INTERNAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE COUNTED IN THE ALLOCATION OF SCHOOL PLACES, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT INDIVIDUAL PUPIL'S RESULTS IN THE SCALING TEST ARE NOT IMPORTANT SINCE THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL IN PLACING ITS PUPILS IN FORM/MIDDLE IV WILL DEPEND ON THEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SCALING TEST IS CURRICULUM ORIENTED AND THE FACT THAT INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE ALLOCATION PROCESS IS MAINLY TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BALANCED CURRICULUM IN SCHOOLS.
INVITATIONS TO SCHOOLS TO TAKE PART IN THE JSEA SCALING TEST WILL BE MADE ABOUT A YEAR IN ADVANCE AROUND FEBRUARY EACH YEAR FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
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+ALL GOVERNMENT, AIDED, PRIVATE NON-PROFIT-MAKING AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS WITH BOUGHT PLACES IN FORM/MIDDLE |-||| MUST PARTICIPATE.
+PRIVATE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS NOT IN THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME WHICH DO NOT PARTICIPATE MUST INFORM PARENTS THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALLOCATION TO SUBSIDISED FORM/MIDDLE IV PLACES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL ISSUE TO ALL PARTICIPATING PUPILS A RECORD OF THE IR GRADES ACHIEVED IN EACH SCALED AND UNSCALED SUBJECT AS WELL AS THEIR ATTAINMENT IN SCHOOL.
KNOWN AS THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION, IT WILL CONSIST OF TWO PARTS, FIRSTLY THE STANDARD ACHIEVED BY THE PUPIL IN EACH SUBJECT ́ TAKEN IN THE SCHOOL AND SECONDLY, AN ASSESSMENT BY THE SCHOOL OF THE PUPIL'S PERSONAL QUALITIES AND ACTIVITIES. THE STANDARD ACHIEVED IN EACH SUBJECT WILL BE RECORDED BY COMPUTER AS ONE OF EIGHT GRADES OF WHICH A IS THE HIGHEST AND H THE LOWEST.
SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO ISSUE THESE CERTIFICATES TO STUDENTS NOT LATER THAN MID-OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR.
PARTICIPANTS, HOWEVER, WILL KNOW OF THEIR RESULTS IN JULY AND PUPILS ALLOCATED AN AIDED FORM IV PLACE WILL BE ISSUED WITH REGISTRATION FORMS AT THE SAME TIME.
+SCHOOL CIRCULARS OUTLINING DETAILS OF THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT SYSTEM WERE ISSUED TODAY AND SHOULD REACH ALL SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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