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Secondary 6 admission begins on Tuesday
The Education Department this year has streamlined secondary 6 admission procedures and stepped up the publicity in helping Secondary 5 students apply for about 23,500 $6 places when the results of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) are released on Tuesday (August 8).
To lessen students' anxiety and avoid schools from violating the rules, the five- stage admission procedures have been shortened from 11 to nine working days.
In order to give wider publicity and to make it more convenient to students, the department will provide the media with a floppy diskette containing a list of schools with vacancies at Stage II (August 9) and Stage IV (August 11). Some newspapers have indicated that they will publish the lists on these two days.
The list with S6 vacancies in Stage II and Stage IV will also be displayed at all District Education Offices throughout the territory as in previous years.
A spokesman for the Education Department said: "From August 8 to August 18, a central hotline manned by education officers and educational psychologists will be set up for students seeking advice and clarification about the admission procedures. "Educational psychologists are on hand to receive calls from anxious students."
The central hotline numbers are 2782 7511, 2782 7625 and 2782 7639-40. They will be operating from 9 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm from Monday to Friday and 9 am to noon on Saturday.
The five-stage admission procedures are as follows:
Stage I, August 8: students with 14 points or more (best six subjects in one sitting) can apply to own or linked school before 3.30 pm and successful candidates should register with the schools on the same day.
Stage II, August 9: students including evening schools and private candidates who have obtained 14 points or more but cannot secure a place can apply to other schools and successful candidates should register with the schools on the same day.
Stage III, August 10: students satisfying minimum A-level entry requirements (six subjects in grade E or above or five subjects on no less than eight points in one sitting) can apply to own or linked schools. Successful candidates should register with the schools on the same day.