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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1982
PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION RESULTS OUT ON SUNDAY
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RESULTS OF ALLOCATION OF DISCRETIONARY PLACES UNDER THE NEW PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM WILL BE RELEASED ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 5) BY ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO GO TO THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THEIR CHILDREN HAVE APPLIED FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE ON THAT DAY BETWEEN 9 AM TO 12 NOON, OR DURING SCHOOL HOURS ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY OR TUESDAY TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF THEIR APPLICATION.
THIS APPLIES TO ALL PARENTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL OR NOT, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
OF THE 78 000 CHILDREN WHO HAD APPLIED FOR A PRIMARY ONE DISCRETIONARY PLACE IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS, MORE THAN 42 000 WILL BE OFFERED A PLACE.
REGISTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WITH ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 8 AND 9.
PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAD BEEN OFFERED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE SHOULD NOTE CAREFULLY THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS AS STIPULATED BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS, AND PARENT'S COPY OF THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION APPLICATION FORM.
IF PARENTS ACCEPT AN OFFER OF A PRIMARY ONE PLACE, IT WILL BE REGARDED AS BINDING ON BOTH THE SCHOOLS AND THE PARENTS, HE SAID.
PARENTS WHO CANNOT REGISTER THEIR CHILD WITH A SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 8 AND 9 FOR PERSONAL REASONS SHOULD NOTIFY THE SCHOOL CONCERNED OR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT (5-724383) TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.
PARENTS WHO FAILED TO DO SO WOULD BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP THE PLACE OFFERED TO THEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE ADDED THAT APPLICANTS SHOULD NOT GIVE UP THE DISCRETIONARY PLACE OFFERED TO THEM, EXCEPT FOR REASONS SUCH AS EMIGRATION OR MOVING HOUSE.
IF THERE ARE VACANCIES LEFT UNFILLED AFTER THE REGISTRATION PERIOD. THE SCHOOL CONCERNED WILL INFORM PARENTS OF APPLICANTS ON THE WAITING LIST IN STRICT ORDER OF PRIORITY, BY PHONE, TO COME TO REGISTER WITH THE SCHOOL.
CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT BEEN OFFERED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE AND WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE WILL BE CENTRALLY ALLOCATED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL BE INFORMED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BY LETTER TO GO TO A SPECIFIED DISTRIBUTION/COLLECTION CENTRE IN MARCH 1983 TO COLLECT A CHOICE OF SCHOOLS+ FORM AND LIST ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THEIR DISTRICT IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE.
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