TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1981
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GUIDE TO CHOOSE FORM IV PLACES
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FORMS FOR SELECTING SCHOOLS UNDER THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA) SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH GUIDEBOOKS FOR PARENTS, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO FORM 111 STUDENTS THIS WEEK.
+PARENTS WILL BE ASKED TO CHOOSE 15 SCHOOLS IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE FROM A FULL LIST OF SCHOOLS PROVIDING SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES. THEY WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO CHOOSE FIVE PREFERRED GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE GUIDEBOOKS ARE PUBLISHED IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, WITH SEPARATE VERSIONS FOR CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ANGLO- CHINESE SCHOOLS. PARENTS SHOULD READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING THE IR CHOICE OF SCHOOLS.
ALLOCATION OF SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES, BASED ON PARENTS' CHOICE AND THE STUDENTS' POSITION IN THE RELEVANT ORDER OF MERIT, WILL BE PERFORMED BY COMPUTER.
+ELIGIBLE STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS WITH SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES WHO HAVE MADE THEIR OWN SCHOOL THEIR FIRST CHOICE WILL BE ALLOCATED FIRST, THE SPOKESMAN SAID...
IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT FORM IV PLACES IN A SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE ALL SUCH STUDENTS, THE REMAINDER WHO CANNOT BE GIVEN PLACES WILL BE ALLOCATED NEXT. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS WITHOUT ANY SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES WILL BE GIVEN THE SAME PRIORITY AS THIS GROUP.
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS WITH SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES WHO HAVE NOT MADE THEIR OWN SCHOOL THEIR FIRST CHOICE WILL BE ALLOCATED LAST.
IN VIEW OF THE LIMITED NUMBER OF FORM IV PLACES IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ELIGIBLE STUDENTS IN THESE SCHOOLS MAY CHOOSE AN ANGLO-CHINESE GRAMMAR OR A TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
BUT STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT STUDYING IN FORM EL OF A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL MAY NOT OPT TO GO TO FORM IV OF A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
+PARENTS SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOLS THEY CHOOSE DO NOT OFFER SUBJECTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN STUDYING IN FORM 111,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN RESPECT OF TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.+
STUDENTS CHOOSING TECHNICAL SCHOOLS MUST BE CAPABLE OF TAKING ON VARIOUS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS TAUGHT IN THESE SCHOOLS AT FORM IV LEVEL, HE SAID.
WHEN FILLING IN THE FORMS, PARENTS SHOULD NOTE THAT THE PUP IL REFERENCE NUMBER ENTERED INTO THE FORM SHOULD BE THE SAME AS THAT PRINTED ON THE PUPIL'S IDENTIFICATION FORM.
+EATE SOUSCI