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Parents who wish to apply under the Primary One Admission (POA) System for a Primary One (P1) place for their child in any government or aided school in September, 2009, should submit their applications starting tomorrow (September 26).
A spokesman for the Education Bureau (EDB) said today (September 25) that parents wanting to apply to a particular government or aided primary school at the Discretionary Places Admission Stage should submit the completed application forms with all supporting documents directly to that school during school office hours between September 26 and October 3 (excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holiday).
"At the Discretionary Places Admission Stage, parents may apply to a school in or outside the school net in which they reside. However, they are encouraged to select a primary school in the neighbourhood to reduce unnecessary transportation problems," the spokesman said.
He reminded parents that individual schools would process the applications with sibling(s) studying or parent(s) working in the school first at the Discretionary Places Admission Stage. Applicants of this category should all be admitted by the school. The school would then allocate school places to the remaining applicants according to the Points System. As such, it is not necessary for parents to waste money and time to prepare portfolios on their children for reference by the schools concerned.
The spokesman reminded parents to submit only one application form for each child, otherwise their application for a POA discretionary place would be rendered void.
Children who have accepted the offer of P1 places in Direct Subsidy Scheme primary schools will not be allocated P1 places in government or aided primary schools through the POA System.
Parents who opt to apply only for Central Allocation should submit the completed application forms and supporting documents between September 26, 2008 and January 16, 2009 to EDB's School Places Allocation Section (Primary One Admission) at 2/F, Lui Kee Education Services Centre, 269 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai.
"When completing the POA Application Form, parents must fill in the actual residential address of their child. If false address is given by parents to secure a P1 place for their child under the POA System, the application will be rendered void and the P1 place allocated will be withdrawn. People are encouraged to report suspected cases of using false address for POA applications to the School Places Allocation Section by calling the hotline at 2832 7700," the spokesman said.
Ends/Thursday, September 25, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:01
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