TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1987
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CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT CHILDREN WHO FAILED TO SECURE A DISCRETIONARY PRIMARY ONE PLACE FROM PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS EARLIER WILL BE CENTRALLY ALLOCATED A PLACE IN A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL.
PARENTS OF SUCH CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT SOON REQUESTING THEM TO GO TO A SPECIFIED DISTRIBUTION OR COLLECTION CENTRE TO COLLECT À +CHOICE OF SCHOOLS+ FORM AND A LIST OF ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM SUNDAY (MARCH 15) TO MARCH 18 BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4 PM.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT PARENTS SHOULD RETURN COMPLETED FORMS TO THE SAME CENTRE WITHIN THE SAME PERIOD.
PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE LETTER BY MARCH 15 SHOULD CONTACT THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT ON 5-724383 DURING OFFICE HOURS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IN DISTRICTS WHERE PUBLIC SECTOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS FALL SHORT OF DEMAND, CHILDREN WILL BE ASSIGNED TO SCHOOLS IN NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS WHERE SUPPLY EXCEEDS DEMAND.
THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED PARENTS THAT THE ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE MADE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE CHILDREN TO BE ALLOCATED TO A SCHOOL NEAR THEIR HOME.
THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES IS SOLELY BASED ON PARENTAL CHOICE WITH NO REFERENCE TO THE POINTS SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ADDING THAT A RANDOMISATION METHOD WOULD BE USED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS TO ALL APPLICANTS WHEN PLACES AT A SCHOOL ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED.
PARENTS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR ADDRESS RECENTLY OR ARE PLANNING TO MOVE TO A NEW ADDRESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE MUST INFORM THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO ALLOCATE A PLACE TO THEIR CHILDREN IN THEIR NEW RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
RESULTS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES WOULD BE ANNOUNCED IN JUNE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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