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    The allocation results of the 2004/2005 Junior Secondary Education Assessment (JSEA) will be released tomorrow (August 11).

    "Among the 74,511 Secondary Three (S3) students requiring allocation this year, 74,357 (or 99.79%) have been allocated subsidised Secondary Four (S4) or Post-Secondary three (PS3) craft course places," a spokesman for the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) said.

    "In the current JSEA cycle, 72,666 students have been allocated subsidised S4 places, with 68,246 of them (93.92%) continuing their studies in their own schools. Another 1,691 students have been allocated PS3 craft course places."

    S3 students participating in this year's JSEA System should return to their schools to check the allocation results tomorrow.

    Those who have been allocated to other schools or institutes/training centres of the Vocational Training Council (VTC) or the Construction Industry Training Authority (CoITA) will each be given a Registration Form. The form must be surrendered to the allocated school or institute/training centre during registration on Friday (August 12).

    If a student is unable to collect his/her Registration Form tomorrow or turn up for registration on Friday, the parent of the student should authorise, in writing, a representative to collect the form or register with the allocated school or institute/training centre. The authorisation letter for registration must be endorsed by the original school.

    For registration with the allocated secondary school, a student should bring with him/her the following:

* the Registration Form;

* his/her Hong Kong identity card;

* two recent passport-sized photographs; and

* sufficient money for one month's school fees, which may be required by the school.

    For registration with the allocated institute/training centre for a PS3 craft course, a student should bring his/her Registration Form and Hong Kong identity card.

    Those who fail to register on Friday will be considered as having given up the S4 or PS3 craft course places allocated.

    Only a very small number of S3 students were not allocated a place because they had indicated that they would not accept places other than those of their choices in the central allocation. An information sheet on education and training opportunities and a list of PS3 craft courses still with vacancies will be given to these students for reference. The spokesman added that there were adequate PS3 craft course places and a small number of subsidised S4 places available for these students to apply for.

    Those interested in applying for the craft courses may approach the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education of VTC (Tel: 2897 6111), Training and Development Centres of VTC (Tel: 2836 1000), Training Centres of CoITA (Tel: 2552 1441 or 2903 0642) and Training Centres of the Clothing Industry Training Authority (Tel: 2743 3710).

    The School Places Allocation (SPA) Section of the EMB will set up a special enquiry counter at Lui Kee Education Services Centre (Address: 269 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong) during office hours from tomorrow (August 11) to Monday (August 15) to help the students. Enquiries can also be made by phone to the SPA Section on 2832 7770.

Ends/Wednesday, August 10, 2005

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