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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1988

REGISTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL TAKE MONDAY (DECEMBER 19) AND TUESDAY (DECEMBER 20) DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

PLACE ON

AND

FOR PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN OFFERED A PRIMARY 1 PLACE, THEY ARE ADVISED TO NOTE CAREFULLY THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES ANY REQUIREMENTS BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, SUCH AS PRODUCING COPY OF THE POA APPLICATION FORM, AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR REGISTRATION PURPOSES.

OF THEIR

"THE REGISTRATION WILL BE REGARDED AS BINDING ON THE THE SCHOOL AND THE PARENT,'

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PARENT'S CHILDREN

PART OF

PARENTS UNABLE TO REGISTER THEIR CHILD WITH THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TWO-DAY PERIOD ARE REQUESTED TO NOTIFY THE SCHOOL CONCERNED OR THE POA UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTON NUMBER 5-724383 TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

TELEPHONE

PARENTS WHO FAILED TO HEED THE ADVICE WOULD BE DEEMED GIVEN UP THE PLACE OFFERED TO THEIR CHILDREN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TO

HAVE

COMMENTING ON THE POA SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL COULD FILL UP TO 65 PER CENT OF ITS NUMBER OF PRIMARY 1 PLACES AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION.

TOTAL

THE REMAINING 35 PER CENT OF PRIMARY 1 PLACES RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AT A LATER DATE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

WOULD BE

PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY PLACES WILL BE INFORMED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN MARCH NEXT YEAR OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION ARRANGEMENTS.

PARENTS, WHO HAVE CHILDREN COMING UP TO PRIMARY 1 SCHOOL AGE BUT HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE, WILL ALSO BE INFORMED AT THE SAME TIME.

THEY WILL BE ASKED TO GO TO A DISTRIBUTION/COLLECTION CENTRE IN THEIR HOME DISTRICT TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE "CHOICE OF SCHOOLS" FORM AND A LIST OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

THEIR

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL THEN ALLOCATE A PRIMARY 1 PLACE UNDER THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION SYSTEM TO THEIR CHILDREN WITHIN HOME DISTRICT WITH PARENTAL CHOICES FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

DETAILS OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED EARLY YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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