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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1980
EXPLAINING THE SCHEME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A PRIMARY 6 PUPIL'S CHANCES OF BEING ALLOCATED A SECONDARY SCHOOL OF HIS CHOICE DEPEND ON THE SCHOOL'S INTERNAL ASSESSMENT AT THE END OF HIS PRIMARY 5 YEAR AND AT THE END OF THE FIRST AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND TERM OF HIS PRIMARY 6 YEAR ON ALL SUBJECTS, EXCEPT PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN ALL SCHOOLS AND BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE IN SOME SCHOOLS.
TO ENSURE FAIRNESS, PUPILS OF ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS HAVE TO SIT THE DEPARTMENT'S ́ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST, RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE USED TO SCALE AND CONVERT INTERNAL ASSESSMENT INTO AN OVERALL ORDER OF MERIT.
+THE ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST IS NECESSARY AS DIFFERENT SCHOOLS MAY HAVE DIFFERENT CURRICULUM AND THE STANDARD OF MARKING OR ASSESSMENT MAY VARY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
UNDER THE SCHEME THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG IS DIVIDED INTO 24 +SCHOOL NETS+ BASED ON THE LOCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
IN EACH NET IS A COMPARABLE MIX OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT SECONDARY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, AIDED SECONDARY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, PRIVATE NON-PROF IT-MAKING SECONDARY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, AND PRIVATE
INDEPENDENT SECONDARY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, HOWEVER, ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARTICULAR NETS.
EACH PRIMARY 6 PUPIL HAS A CHOICE OF UP TO 30 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITHIN HIS NET.
ALL THE PUPILS LISTED IN THE ORDER OF MERIT ARE THEN GROUPED INTO FIVE BANDS AND FED INTO A COMPUTER FOR ALLOCATION OF A PLACE IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL BASED ON PARENTAL CHOICE.
SNT WALKS FOR A GOOD CAUSE
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SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING JOINED A CELEBRITY WALK AT THE HONG KONG STADIUM.
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THE EVENT 'WALK FOR A GOOD CAUSE' WAS PART OF A FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION.
MONEY RAISED IN THE EVENT WILL GO TOWARDS FUNDING THE GIRL GUIDES HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND ACTIVITY PROGRAMMES.
A TOTAL OF 24 TEAMS OF CELEBRITIES CONSISTING OF 240 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THIS MORNING'S WALK.
MR AKERS-JONES WAS LEADER OF THE 'YAT KIT TEAM CONSISTING OF MRS VERONICA CHA, MR PETER PUN, MISS ELEANOR WONG, MR BOB LOCKING, MRS IVY WU, MR SIMON AKERS-JONES, MPS BARBARA RUST, MADAM LEUNG SING-TAK AND MR LAM KIN-MING.
/THE WALK