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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1977

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR THE TEST CENTRES AT SA! KUNG, SHA TIN, TAI PO, FANLING, SHEUNG SHUI, SHA TAU KOK, LANTAO AND CHEUNG CHÂU. THESE CENTRES HAD THE QUESTION BOOKS AND ANSWER SHEETS DELIVERED AND COLLECTED BY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STAFF WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE (ISLANDS) AND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.

MR. KENNETH C.P. LEE, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION) SAID, UNLIKE THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, THE A.A.T. IS NOT AN EXAMINATION FOR SELECTION, AND HAS NO SYLLABUS.

+GENERALLY IT HAS NO DIRECT EFFECT ON AN INDIVIDUAL PUPIL'S ALLOCATION OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACE, BECAUSE UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM OF ALLOCATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES, A PUPIL'S CHANCES OF BEING ALLOCATED TO A SECONDARY SCHOOL OF HIS CHOICE DEPEND ON HIS PERFORMANCE IN HIS OWN SCHOOL.

+ INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE SECOND TERM OF PRIMARY 5 AND THOSE FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND TERMS OF PRIMARY 6 ARE WEIGHTED, COMPUTERISED AND PUT INTO AN ORDER OF MERIT WITHIN THE SCHOOL. ALLOCATION IS BASED MAINLY ON THIS ORDER OF MERIT. PERFORMANCE IN THE A.A.T. IS USED TO SCALE AND CONVERT THESE INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS SO THAT AFTER CONVERSION, THE INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS MAY BE PUT INTO AN ORDER OF MERIT BY 24 SCHOOL NETS IN THE WHOLE TERRITORY.

+THIS ORDER OF MERIT BY NET IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE BANDS AND ALLOCATION WILL START FROM THE FIRST BAND TO THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT BANDS UNTIL ALL PUPILS IN THE NET ARE ALLOCATED A JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACE ACCORDING TO THE IR CHOICES,+ MR. LEE SAID.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE SECOND TERM OF THE PRIMARY 5 OF THE 1976-1977 YEAR HAVE BEEN COMPUTERISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS OF PRIMARY 6 PUPILS OF THE CURRENT YEAR ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 14, 1978, FOR THE FIRST TERM AND MAY 15, 1978, FOR THE SECOND TERM.

MR. LEE SAID IT IS HOPED THAT RESULTS OF ALLOCATION WILL BE PUBLISHED BY MID-JULY, 1978 AND IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT THE DATES WHICH I HAVE JUST MENTIONED ARE OBSERVED TO AVOID DELAY IN THE PUBLICATION OF ALLOCATION RESULTS.+

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