ARC
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), 1985
CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES
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CHILDREN WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR A PUBLIC SECTOR PRIMARY ONE PLACE BUT HAVE NOT SECURED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE WILL BE CENTRALLY
LUCATED A PLACE IN A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID PARENTS WOULD RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REQUESTING THEM TO GO TO A SPECIFIED DISTRIBUTION/COLLECTION CENTRE TO COLLECT A CHOICE OF SCHOOLS+ FORM AND A LIST OF ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM MARCH 24 (SUNDAY) TO MARCH 27 (WEDNESDAY) BETWEEN 9 AM AND
+COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SAME CENTRE *ITHIN THE SAME PERIOD+, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE REMINDED PARENTS THAT IF THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BY MARCH 24, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT ON 5-724383 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
DUE TO THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SECTOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS, A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT PLACES HAD BEEN ASSIGNED PLACES FROM SCHOOLS IN NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS TO MAKE GOOD THE SHORTFALL, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED PARENTS THAT THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS NECESSARY AND PLANNED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE CHILDREN TO BE ALLOCATED TO A SCHOOL AS NEAR TO THEIR HOME AS POSSIBLE.
THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION WAS SOLELY BASED ON PARENTS' CHOICES WITH NO REFERENCE TO THE POINTS SYSTEM, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, WHEN A SCHOOL WAS OVERSUBSCRIBED, A RANDOMISATION METHOD WOULD RE USED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS TO ALL.
PARENTS WHO HAD MOVED HOUSE RECENTLY OR WERE PLANNING TO MOVE HOUSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE MUST INFORM THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE MADE TO ALLOCATE A PLACE TO THEIR CHILDREN IN THEIR NEW HOME DISTRICT.
RESULTS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PLACES WOULD BE MINOUNCED IN JUNE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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