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THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1976

MORE THAN 63,200 FORM 1 PLACES ALLOCATED

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A TOTAL OF 63,266 CANDIDATES WHO TOOK THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION IN MAY HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FORM 1 PLACES BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

THIS MEANS THAT 14,712 MORE PUPILS GAINED FORM 1 PLACES COMPARED WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 48,554 PLACES ALLOCATED IN 1975.

ALTOGETHER 97,930 CANDIDATES SAT FOR THE EXAMINATION THIS YEAR COMPARED WITH 96,119 IN 1975.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES COMPARATIVE FIGURES IN RECENT YEARS :-

YEAR

NO. OF CANDIDATES SAT

NO. OF PLACES ALLOCATED

PERCENTAGE

1976

97,930

63,266

64.6

1975

96,119

48,554

50.5

1974

93,501

46,762

50.0

1973

87,374

41,483

47.5

1972

79,156

34,989

44.2

OF THE 63,266 PLACES ALLOCATED THIS YEAR, 23,082 ARE GOVERNMENT AND AIDED FIVE-YEAR PLACES, 290 PRIVATE FIVE-YEAR PLACES, 9,655 GOVERNMENT AND AIDED THREE-YEAR PLACES AND 30,239 PRIVATE THREE-YEAR PLACES,

THESE FIGURES COVER ALL CANDIDATES IN BLOCK X1 TO X5 Y1 AND Y2 AND ALSO SEVEN BLOCK Z1 CANDIDATES WHO WERE OFFERED UNF ILLED THREE-YEAR PLACES IN SCHOOLS NEAR THEIR HOMES. THE ALLOCATIONS TO THE SEVEN BLOCK Z1 CANDIDATES DO NOT APPEAR IN THE FULL RESULTS LISTS ISSUED TO PRIMARY SCHOOLS- THE IR PARENTS WILL BE INFORMED INDIVIDUALLY IN WRITING, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE ADDED CANDIDATES MAY INQUIRE ABOUT THEIR RESULTS AT THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOMORROW. THEY SHOULD REPORT TO THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOLS AGAIN ON JULY 21 (WEDNESDAY) TAKING WITH THEM THEIR ADMISSION FORMS, IN ORDER THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL RESULTS SLIPS MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE FORMS.+

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FIVE-YEAR OR THREE-YEAR PLACES IN GOVERNMENT OR AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS OR ASSISTED PLACES (FIVE-YEAR ASSISTANCE) IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHOULD REPORT TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DATES AND TIMES SPECIFIED. THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN SUPPLIED TO ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.

/CANDIDATES WHO

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