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MONDAY, JULY 27, 1981

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OVER 52 500 PUPILS GET AIDED FORM FOUR PLACES

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A TOTAL OF 52 521 PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA) SYSTEM THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SUBSIDISED FORM FOUR PLACES IN THE AIDED SECTOR, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SINCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE SYSTEM IS 89 602, THIS MEANS THAT 58.6 PER CENT OF THE PARTICIPANTS HAD BEEN ALLOCATED SUBSIDISED FORM FOUR PLACES, HE SAID.

+ IN ADDITION, UP TO ABOUT 2 500 PUPILS MAY BE OFFERED DISCRETIONARY PLACES BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE RESULTS OF ALLOCATION WILL BE RELEASED TO ALL PARTICIPATING SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR COLLECTION BY PUPILS TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

PUPILS NOT ALLOCATED A SUBSIDISED FORM FOUR PLACE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH AN INFORMATION SHEET OUTLINING THE ALTERNATIVE OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO THEM, THE SHEET CONTAINS ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS FROM WHICH PUPILS MAY OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUBSIDISED FORM FOUR PLACES PROVIDED IN CHINESE MIDDLE AND ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLS THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 55 000, AND THIS REPRESENTS A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN PROVISION OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS.

IN SEPTEMBER, 1980 THERE WERE ONLY 31 725 SUBSIDISED FORM FOUR PLACES.

+WE ARE PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PARENTS HAVE CHOSEN THE IR CHILDREN'S OWN SCHOOLS AS THE FIRST CHOICE. THIS HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF INTER-SCHOOL TRANSFERS TO A MINIMUM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

REGISTRATION OF FEEDER PUPILS (1.E. PUPILS ALLOCATED PLACES IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS) WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE SAME DAY THE ALLOCATION RESULTS ARE RELEASED. FOR THIS PURPOSE PUPILS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD BRING THEIR REGISTRATION FORMS ALONG.

PUPILS WHO HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO OTHER SCHOOLS SHOULD REPORT FOR REGISTRATION ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1981.

WHEN REPORTING FOR REGISTRATION, SUCH PUPILS SHOULD BRING THE FOLLOWING

(A) PUPIL IDENTIFICATION FORM, OR IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT

PREPARED BY THE SCHOOL AND ENDORSED BY THE JSEA SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT-

(B) REGISTRATION FORM-

(C) INDIVIDUAL RESULT SLIP-

/(D) PUPIL'S HONG