Primary 1 students who will be admitted in September next year will be self-allocated to accept applications from the 26th to the 30th of this month. Parents can apply for each school-age child to any government or aided primary school.
According to statistics from the Education Bureau, it is estimated that the number of Primary One students next year will be about 1,800 less than this year.
Liang Yongle, an expert on school selection, said that as the number of students entering Primary One declines every year, parents can make every effort to choose a school of their choice this year.
He reminded parents not to choose a school based solely on the reputation of the school or the school's publicity. Instead, parents should go to the school to learn about the school's open days, or observe the relationship between teachers and students during school hours before deciding which school to enroll in. School.
Parents should submit the registration form to a preferred primary school within the last week of this month
Primary One allocation is divided into self-allocated places and central allocation, accounting for half of the places in government and aided primary schools.
Tomorrow (2nd), the Education Bureau will distribute the 2023 "Primary One Admissions Coordination Measures" form and school selection information to kindergartens or kindergarten-cum-child care centres.
Parents with children of appropriate age who will be admitted to Primary One next year can submit the application form to any preferred government or aided primary school within 26 to 30 days of this month.
In the self-allocation stage, it is divided into two parts: A and B:
——Part A: For children who have a brother/sister who is enrolled in an elementary school or whose father/mother is employed in the elementary school, the school must admit them, so they are reprimanded as a hereditary system.
This part accounts for a maximum of 60% of the self-allocated places, that is, 30% of the total places; if the number of students exceeds this ratio, the remaining 50% will be used for admission to the places allocated for Central Allocation, instead of using Part B of the places.
——Part B: The admission list is determined by the scoring method. The number of applicants for the previous question is more than the number of places.
According to the objective conditions of the enrolled students, each item will be scored from 5 to 20 points. If the child's father or mother is an alumni, has the same belief as the school running organization, and is promoted to Primary One at the appropriate age, the maximum score is 35 points (20 points + 5 points). +10 points), and won the admission ticket.
The school will sort the admissions according to the score, and the same score will be drawn by lottery.
These places account for at least 40% of the self-assigned places, or 20% of the total places.
If there are remaining places in Part A, it must be allocated to Part B for allocation. In this case, the total allocated places should not exceed 50% of the total Primary One places of each school.
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It is estimated that the number of people who will be promoted to primary one next year may be 1,800 less
The number of births in Hong Kong is declining year by year, and the number of primary students enrolled next year is expected to drop again.
Referring to the student population statistics released by the Education Bureau in July this year, the K2 students in the lower grades of local kindergartens in the 2021/22 school year will be a group of 48,253 students who will be promoted to Primary One in September next year, which is about 48,253 less than the original K3 students who are promoted to Primary One today. 1,800 students, equivalent to 60 large classes (30 students per class) or 72 small classes (25 students per class).
School selection expert: It has been changed by parents who want their children to enroll in schools that want their students to enroll
Liang Yongle, an expert on school selection, pointed out that in recent years, the population of Primary One has "declined very critically", and many schools have even recruited students to recruit students. For example, they will take the initiative to introduce schools to parents outside the school gate. No degree is required at the beginning of the semester. In the worst case, there are about 120 students, and only more than 60 people will enroll on September 1 as scheduled. It means that the situation has changed from parents wanting their children to enroll in the school to the school wanting their students to enroll. I believe the situation will also change this year. Continue, so parents may wish to "strive for the best" and "choose the most favorite school."
Some parents worry that students may not be able to keep up with the progress of prestigious schools. Liang Yongle believes that there is no need to worry too much about entering Primary One.
He explained that for primary school students, the problem of not keeping up with the progress is not as big as that of middle school students. In addition, many prestigious schools will also predict that the academic level of the students will vary greatly, so the school will have ways to deal with it. Parents There is no need to worry about keeping up with the progress and having scruples when choosing a school.
Liang Yongle said that with the annual decline in the number of students entering Primary One, parents can "make every effort" when choosing a school this year, and choose their favorite school to their heart's content.
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Parents are advised to look at schools on the spot and not choose schools based on reputation
However, Leung Wing-lok also reminded parents that they should not choose schools based solely on their past reputation or the school’s publicity, because teachers have been highly mobile in recent years, and even prestigious schools will face the problem of teacher loss due to immigration and other reasons. The quality of teachers may not be as stable as before.
Liang Yongle also pointed out that many middle-level schools have made great progress in recent years, so parents do not need to blindly pursue traditional famous schools, choosing the right school for their children is the most important.
He believes that parents can seize the opportunity of the school's open day to go to the school to personally understand the situation between teachers and students, and they can also observe outside the school after school hours, "to see how happy the students are reading, or the attitude of teachers towards students", to determine whether the child is suitable for admission.
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