TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1991
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42,000 PRIMARY 1 DISCRETIONARY PLACES ALLOCATED
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RESULTS OF ALLOCATION OF DISCRETIONARY PLACES UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM FOR THE 1992 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 6) BY ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT ABOUT 42,000 OUT OF SOME 68,000 APPLICANTS WILL BE OFFERED DISCRETIONARY PLACE.
PARENTS ARE ADVISED, WHETHER THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL OR NOT, TO GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A PRIMARY 1 PLACE ON THAT DAY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM, OR ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 7) BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON ΤΟ FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF THEIR APPLICATION.
REGISTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL TAKE DECEMBER 9 AND 10 (MONDAY AND TUESDAY) DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
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FOR PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN OFFERED A PRIMARY 1 PLACE, THEY ARE ADVISED TO NOTE CAREFULLY THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND ANY REQUIREMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, SUCH AS PARENT'S COPY OF
THE APPLICATION FORM FOR PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION, THE NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND SO ON, TO BE BROUGHT ALONG TO THE SCHOOL FOR REGISTRATION.
REGISTRATION OF THE CHILD WITH THE SCHOOL WILL BE REGARDED AS BINDING ON BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE PARENT.
PARENTS WHO CANNOT REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN WITH THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD SHOULD NOTIFY THE SCHOOL OR THROUGH THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 572 4383) TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS THEY WOULD BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP THE DISCRETIONARY PLACE OFFERED IF THEY FAILED TO DO SO.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM, A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL CAN ACCEPT CHILDREN ΤΟ FILL UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 65 PER CENT OF ITS TOTAL PRIMARY 1 · PLACES AS DISCRETIONARY PLACES.
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THE REMAINING 35 PER CENT OF PRIMARY 1 PLACES WILL BE RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AT A LATER STAGE.
AS SOME SCHOOLS ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED FOR THEIR DISCRETIONARY PLACES, IT IS NATURAL THAT SOME CHILDREN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SECURE A PRIMARY 1 PLACE AT THIS STAGE.
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PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN, TOGETHER WITH THOSE WHO ONLY INTENDED TO TAKE PART IN THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION, WILL BE INFORMED BY LETTER SOME TIME IN MARCH NEXT YEAR
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A DISTRIBUTION/COLLECTION CENTRE IN THEIR HOME DISTRICT FOR THEIR CHOICE OF SCHOOLS.
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