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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1983

PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION RESULTS OUT ON FRIDAY

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RESULTS OF THE ALLOCATION OF DISCRETIONARY PLACES UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM WILL BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 9) BY ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO GO THE THE SCHOOL, TO WHICH THEIR CHILDREN HAVE APPLIED FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE, ON FRIDAY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM, OR ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 10) BETWEEN 9 AM AND

NOON, TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF THEIR APPLICATION.

THIS APPLIES TO ALL PARENTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL OR NOT, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE NOTED THAT OF THE 77 000 CHILDREN WHO HAD APPLIED FOR A PRIMARY ONE DISCRETIONARY PLACE IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS, ABOUT 45 000 WOULD BE OFFERED A PLACE.

REGISTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WITH ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 12 AND 13 (MONDAY AND TUESDAY) DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN OFFERED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE SHOULD NOTE THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS AS STIPULATED BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.

IF PARENTS ACCEPTED AN OFFER OF A PRIMARY ONE PLACE FOR THE IR CHILDREN. IT WOULD BE REGARDED AS BINDING ON BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE PARENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

PARENTS WHO CANNOT REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN WITH A SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 12 OR 13 FOR PERSONAL REASONS SHOULD NOTIFY THE SCHOOL CONCERNED DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT (5-724383) TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

THOSE WHO FAILED TO DO SO WOULD BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN UP THE PLACE OFFERED, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM, A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL CAN ACCEPT CHILDREN TO FILL UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 65 PER CENT OF ITS PRIMARY ONE PLACES AS DISCRETIONARY PLACES, THE REMAINING 35 PER CENT WILL BE RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AT A LATER STAGE,

AS SOME SCHOOLS ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED FOR THEIR DISCRETIONARY PLACES, A NUMBER OF CHILDREN MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR APPLICATION.

BUT HE ASSURED PARENTS THAT THESE CHILDREN, TOGETHER WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE, WOULD BE CENTRALLY ALLOCATED A PLACE IN THEIR HOME DISTRICT BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

/THEY WILL