MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1982
NEW ALLOCATION SYSTEM IN PRIMARY ONE PLACES
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE A NEW SYSTEM OF CENTRALISED ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY ONE PLACES ON A DISTRICT BASIS IN SEPTEMBER 1983.
AS IN THE PAST, PARENTS WHO WISH THEIR CHILDREN TO ATTEND THESE SCHOOLS SHOULD APPLY DIRECTLY TO THEM.
THE NEW SYSTEM, HOWEVER, WOULD NOT AFFECT PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THOSE OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND BUILDING), MR Y.T. LI, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE NEW ALLOCATION SYSTEM AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR LI SAID ITS PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO ELIMINATE THE PRESSURE IMPOSED ON YOUNG CHILDREN BY THE INTENSE COMPETITION FOR ENTRY INTO POPULAR PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THE ADVERSE EFFECT SUCH PRESSURE HAD ON EDUCATION AT THE KINDERGARTEN LEVEL.
MR LI NOTED THAT ALL CHILDREN WHO WOULD REACH THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS OR ABOVE BY SEPTEMBER 1983 SHOULD ATTEND PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY THAT TIME. HE SAID ALL PARENTS WHO WISHED THEIR CHILDREN TO ATTEND PRIMARY ONE IN A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR SHOULD OBTAIN AND COMPLETE A +PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION APPLICATION FORM IN MID-SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, ONE YEAR AHEAD.
THESE FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM ANY CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, DISTRICT OFFICE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS OR SUB-OFFICES, OR THE KINDERGARTENS THEIR CHILDREN ARE ATTENDING,
IF PARENTS DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC SCHOOL IN MIND, THEY SHOULD RETURN THE COMPLETED APPLICATION FORM TO ONE OF THE COLLECTION CENTRES FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION.
EACH PRIMARY SCHOOL WOULD RESERVE 35 PER CENT OF ITS PRIMARY ONE PLACES FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION TO BE FILLED BY CHILDREN LIVING IN THE SAME DISTRICT, MR LI SAID.
PARENTS WISHING TO APPLY TO A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT OR AIDED SCHOOL, SHOULD RETURN THE COMPLETED FORM TO THE SCHOOL DIRECT. THE SCHOOL MIGHT BE EITHER IN OR OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
MR LI EMPHASISED THAT EACH CHILD COULD APPLY TO ONLY ONE SCHOOL OR HE WOULD FORFEIT THE RIGHT OF BEING GIVEN A DISCRETIONARY PLACE.
DISCRETIONARY PLACES ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: UNRESTRICTED DISCRETIONARY PLACES AND RESTRICTED DISCRETIONARY PLACES.
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