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PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL ΤΟ HAVE APPLIED FOR A PRIMARY 1 PLACE, WHETHER THEIR CHILDREN INTERVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL OR NOT, ON NOVEMBER 30 BETWEEN 9 PM OR ON DECEMBER 1 BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 NOON TO FIND OUT OF THEIR APPLICATION.

WHICH

THEY

HAVE BEEN AM AND 5 THE RESULTS

REGISTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN DECEMBER 5 AND DECEMBER 6 DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

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

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"THE REGISTRATION OF THE CHILD WITH THE SCHOOL WILL BE REGARDED AS RINDING ON BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE PARENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

PARENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN WITH THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TWO-DAY PERIOD ON DECEMBER 5 AND 6 ARE REQUESTED TO NOTIFY THE SCHOOL, CONCERNED OR THROUGH THE POA UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (572 4383) TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

PARENTS WHO FAIL TO GIVE NOTICE WOULD BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN

UP THE PLACE OFFERED TO THEIR CHILDREN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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

THE REMAINING 35 PER CENT WOULD BE RESERVED FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION AT A LATER STAGE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

FOR

PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR APPLICATION DISCRETIONARY PLACES WILL BE

IN MARCH NEXT YEAR OF THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION ARRANGEMENTS.

INFORMED

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

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

1 PLACE

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL THEN ALLOCATE A PRIMARY TO THEIR CHILDREN WITHIN THEIR HOME DISTRICT, WITH THE PARENTS' CHOICES FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

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

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