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MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1989
CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES
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PARENTS OF ALL CHILDREN WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR A PUBLIC SECTOR PRIMARY ONE PLACE BUT HAVE NOT SECURED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE WILL BE CENTRALLY ALLOCATED A PLACE IN A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL.
RESULTS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PLACES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN JUNE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
PARENTS WILL RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY ADMISSION UNIT 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 SATURDAY (MARCH 18) TO TUESDAY (MARCH 21) BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4 PM.
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"COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SAME CENTRE WITHIN THE SAME PERIOD," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO HAD NOT RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BY SATURDAY (MARCH 18), THEY ARE ADVISED ΤΟ CONTACT THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT ON 5-724383 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IN VIEW OF THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SECTOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT PLACES WILL BE ASSIGNED PLACES FROM SCHOOLS IN NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS TO MAKE GOOD THE SHORTFALL.
THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED PARENTS THAT ARRANGEMENTS WOULD ENABLE CHILDREN TO BE ALLOCATED TO A SCHOOL AS NEAR ΤΟ THEIR HOME AS POSSIBLE.
THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION IS SOLELY BASED ON PARENTS' CHOICES WITH NO REFERENCE TO THE POINTS SYSTEM, HE ADDED.
HOWEVER, WHEN A SCHOOL IS OVERSUBSCRIBED, A RANDOMISATION METHOD WILL BE USED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS TO ALL.
PARENTS WHO HAVE MOVED HOUSE RECENTLY OR ARE PLANNING ΤΟ MOVE HOUSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO ALLOCATE A PLACE TO THEIR CHILDREN IN THEIR NEW HOME DISTRICT.
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