2.12
4.
CONFIDEN...
The target dates for the phased introduction of a reduced
maximum class size are as follows:
Year
(at Sept.)
Maximum Class Size
Estimated KG
enrolment
1982
45
200 700
1983
42
186 200
1984
38
181 700
1985
1986
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34
176 700
30
181 100
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Primary Education
2.13
Entry to primary schools will as at present be compulsory
from the start of the school year following the child's reaching the age
of 6, but will be permitted from 5 years 8 months. It is not intended,
for the time being, to allow new entrants to Primary 1 to join the class
other than at the beginning of the school year. The effect of this in
practice is that children entering Primary 1 will range in age from
5 years 8 months to 6 years 11 months.
Parents will be encouraged, where
applicable, to take advantage of the opportunity to enter their children
before the age of 6.
2.14
To ensure that this relatively wide age range does not become
even wider, it is intended to enforce rigorously the regulations governing
the age of entry to primary school described in paragraph 2.13. In Chapter
7 the intended method of allocating Primary 1 school places, which is primarily
based on parental choice, is described. Any over-age children applying for
Primary 1 places will be accorded very low priority in this allocation.
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