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Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System 2012/2014 Cycle

Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System 2012/2014 Cycle. Eligibility for Participation. Being a Hong Kong resident

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Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System 2012/2014 Cycle

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  1. Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System 2012/2014 Cycle

  2. Eligibility for Participation • Being a Hong Kong resident • Please refer to EDB Circular No. 6/2013 dated 5 June 2013 on “Entry of Non-local Children and Children Holding a Form of Recognizance to Schools in Hong Kong” and verify that all participating students are eligible for receiving education in the public sector schools in Hong Kong. • Studying in a primary school participating in the SSPA System • Never been allocated a Secondary 1 (S1) place

  3. Two Stages • Discretionary Places (DP) • Central Allocation (CA)

  4. Percentage of School Places Repeater Places About 5% 30% Discretionary Places Central Allocation About 65%

  5. DP Stage Parents If to apply, not more than two participating secondary schools, otherwise the chance of acquiring a DP will be forfeited Application is not subject to restriction on districts

  6. DP Stage Secondary Schools • Schools admit students according to their own admission criteria and weightings • Criteria should be fair, just, open and educationally sound • Schools may arrange interviews, but no written tests should be conducted

  7. Application Form for S1 Discretionary Place (Sample) Two Application Forms to each student (Only applicable for applying to participating schools; Not applicable for applying to non-participating schools)

  8. Each Application Form is divided into four parts. Students’ particulars are pre-printed in all parts Lui Kee School Lui Kee School Lui Kee School Lui Kee School Parent’s Copy School’s Copy EDB’s Copy Order of School Preference • Parents should write the name of the school they wish to apply for according to their order of preference in all parts of the Application Form • Method of submission: Must be submitted in person within the application period (Submission by mail not accepted) • Parents should tear off the part containing the order of preference before submitting the application (There is no need for parents to indicate their order of preference to the school)

  9. Lui Kee School Lui Kee School Lui Kee School LK School 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 LK School LK School • Parents should submit the remaining three parts of the Application Form intact with the documents required to the school directly. They should bring along the original of their children’s identity document for checking by the secondary school • If the information provided is in order, the school would enter the school name, school code and school chop in all parts of the Application Form • Parents will be given the Parent’s Copy as acknowledgement 呂 祺 中 學 LUI KEESCHOOL 呂 祺 中 學 LUI KEESCHOOL 呂 祺 中 學 LUI KEE SCHOOL Once submitted, the Application Form cannot be retrieved or cancelled and no change can be made to the order of school preference

  10. Allocation of DP

  11. CA Stage After the deduction of repeater and discretionary places, the remaining places in a secondary school are used for CA: 10% for Part A Unrestricted School Choices (choose one to three schools from any school nets, including the student’s own net) 90% for Part B Restricted School Choices (choose a maximum of 30 schools from the student’s own net)

  12. Demarcation of School Nets In line with the administrative districts, the whole territory is divided into 18 school nets for the allocation of places in Part B (Restricted School Choices) of CA. The school net to which a student belongs is determined by the physical location of the primary school he/she attends.

  13. School Choices Within the Net • To ensure all the nets have sufficient places to meet the demand for CA, each school net comprises: • all participating secondary schools located in their own district; and • a number of participating secondary schools in other districts* * the number of secondary schools and school places provided from other districts may vary from year to year according to the demand and supply situation

  14. Secondary One Choice of Schools Form (Sample) • Should complete and submit theSecondary One Choice of Schools Form to EDB in early May through the primary school irrespective of whether application for DP has been made • CAN repeat the same school choice in both Part A and Part B if it is in the student’s own net • DO NOT repeat the choices in the same part • DO NOT choose only a few favourite schools in Part B. This will not increase the chance of the student being allocated to the school Part A - Unrestricted School Choices (Refer to the Handbook for Unrestricted School Choices, choose a maximum of 3 schools) Part B - Restricted School Choices (Refer to the Secondary School List of the student’s own net, choose a maximum of 30 schools)

  15. Criteria for Central Allocation Student’s Allocation Band* (Territory Band) Parental Choiceof Schools (a maximum of 3) Random Number # Student’s Allocation Band* (Net Band) Parental Choice of Schools (a maximum of 30) Random Number # Part A Unrestricted School Choices Part B Restricted School Choices • Allocation Band: Under the allocation process of SSPA, students’ standardised internal assessment results at the end of P5, and both in mid-year and at the end of P6 are scaled, then divided equally into 3 allocation bands with a view to determining the order of allocation # Random Number: It is used to determine the order of allocation within the same allocation band. If the demand for school places of a certain secondary school exceeds the supply, the student possessing a smaller random number will be allocated a place first

  16. CA Computerised Procedures • A random number is first assigned to each student by the computer. It is used to determine the order of allocation within the same allocation band. • The Unrestricted School Choices in Part A will be processed first, to be followed by the Restricted School Choices in Part B.

  17. Part A : Allocation Process • The computer will first process the school choices of students in Territory Band 1, • then the choices of students in Territory Band 2, and • finally the choices of Territory Band 3 students. • Only after the computerhas finishedprocessing the choices of all the students inPart A will the unallocated students’ choices in Part B be processed.

  18. Part B: Allocation Process • After all the students inNet Band 1have been allocated school places, • the computer will follow the same procedure to allocate places to students inNet Band 2,and • finally allocate places to students inNet Band 3

  19. Choice-making Reference Materials for Parents • Committee on Home-School Co-operation • Secondary School Profiles (Distributed in early December 2013) • Education Bureau • Handbook for Application for Secondary 1 Discretionary Places (Distributed in early December 2013) • Secondary School Lists and Handbook for Unrestricted School Choices (Distributed in early April 2014)

  20. 2012/2014 Schedule(2013/14 School Year)

  21. Late Oct 2013 Early Dec 2013 3 to22 Jan 2014 March/April 2014 Distribution of Information Leaflet and DVD Distribution of Application Form forS1 Discretionary Place and related documents All participating secondary schoolsaccept DP applications within the same period Some secondary schools may conduct interviews for selection of students

  22. Distribution of Secondary One Choice of SchoolsForm and related documents All participating primary schools submit parents’ duly completed Secondary One Choice of Schools Form Release of allocation results Students register with thesecondary schools allocated Pre-Secondary One Hong Kong Attainment Test Early April 2014 Early May 2014 8 July 2014 10 and 11 July 2014 • 15 July 2014 Note: The date for primary schools to collect the allocation results is 7 July. If EDB has announced the closure of schools in the morning on that day owing to the issuing of the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal Pre-No.8/No. 8 or above, the collection of allocation results will be postponed to 8 July. The announcement of allocation results will be postponed from 8 July to 9 July accordingly. If in the morning on the day of the announcement of allocation results (i.e. 8 July), EDB has announced the closure of schools owing to the issuing of the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal Pre-No.8/No. 8 or above or Red or Black Rainstorm Warning Signal, the announcement of allocation results will be postponed to the next school day.

  23. Enquiries Website Education Bureau (www.edb.gov.hk): Home > Education System and Policy > Primary and Secondary School Education > School Places Allocation Systems > Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System Telephone General Enquiries 2832 7740 / 2832 7700 Address Room 203, 2nd Floor, Lui Kee Education Services Centre, 269 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

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