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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1989
RELEASE OF PRIMARY ONE DISCRETIONARY PLACES ALLOCATION RESULTS
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RESULTS OF ALLOCATION OF DISCRETIONARY PLACES FOR SEPTEMBER 1990 UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION (POA) SYSTEM WILL BE RELEASED FRIDAY (DECEMBER 81 BY ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 40,000 OUT OF THE 74,000 APPLICANTS WOULD BE OFFERED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS.
PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL ΤΟ WHICH THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A PRIMARY 1 PLACE, WHETHER THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL OR NOT, ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 81 BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM OR ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 9) BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON FOR THE RESULTS.
REGISTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY (DECEMBER 11 AND 12) DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
FOR PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN OFFERED A PRIMARY Í PLACE, THEY ARE ADVISED TO NOTE CAREFULLY THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND ANY REQUIREMENTS BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, SUCH AS PRODUCING PARENT'S COPY OF THE POA APPLICATION FORM, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR CHILDREN FOR REGISTRATION PURPOSES.
"THE REGISTRATION OF THE CHILD WITH THE SCHOOL WILL BE REGARDED AS BINDING ON BOTH THE SCHOOL, AND THE PARENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
PARENTS UNABLE TO REGISTER THEIR CHILD WITH THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TWO-DAY PERIOD ARE REQUESTED TO NOTIFY THE SCHOOL CONCERNED OR THROUGH THE POA UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5-724383) TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.
PARENTS WHO FAILED TO HEED THE ADVICE WOULD BE DEEMED ΤΟ HAVE GIVEN UP THE PLACE OFFERED TO THEIR CHILDREN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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COMMENTING ON THE POA SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL COULD FILL UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 65 PER CENT ITS TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIMARY 1 PLACES AT ITS OWN DISCRETION.
THE REMAINING 35 PER CENT OF PRIMARY 1 PLACES WOULD BE RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AT A LATER STAGE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR APPLICATION DISCRETIONARY PLACES WILL BE INFORMED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN MARCH NEXT YEAR OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION ARRANGEMENTS.
PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN REACHING PRIMARY 1 HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR A DISCRETIONARY TLACE WILL ALSO THE SAME TIME.
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