The Education Bureau (EDB) today (September 19) reminded parents who wish to apply for a Primary One (P1) place for their child in any government or aided school in September 2024 to submit their applications for discretionary places under the Primary One Admission (POA) System via the POA e-platform (ePOA) starting from this Thursday (September 21), or in paper form starting from next Monday (September 25).
Submission of applications for discretionary places
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An EDB spokesman said, “Parents intending to apply for a P1 place of a particular government or aided primary school for their child at the Discretionary Places Admission stage under the POA System via ePOA should first register as ePOA (epoa.edb.gov.hk) users and bind their account to “iAM Smart+”, and submit their applications via ePOA between September 21 and 29. For details, please refer to the Parent’s Guides on the EDB website (www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/poa_eplatform/index.html). If parents choose to submit paper application forms, they should submit the completed application form together with all supporting documents directly to the school during school office hours between September 25 and 29. Parents who are unable to submit the application form in person may authorise in writing a representative to bring along the above-mentioned documents to the school on their behalf.”
“Irrespective of whether the application is submitted via ePOA or in paper form, parents should submit only one application for their child. If parents have applied to more than one government or aided primary school, their application for a POA discretionary place would be rendered void. In addition, parents should not submit duplicate applications via ePOA and in paper form for the same child,” the spokesman added.
The spokesman reminded parents that schools would process the applications in accordance with the established procedures and criteria at the Discretionary Places Admission stage. As such, there is no need for parents to prepare portfolios for their child.
In addition, children who have accepted the offer of P1 places in Direct Subsidy Scheme primary schools would not be allocated P1 places in government or aided primary schools through the POA System.
Application for Central Allocation only
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If parents are applying only for the POA Central Allocation for their child, they should submit the application to the EDB via ePOA or in paper form on or before January 26, 2024. For submission in paper form, they should return the completed application form and supporting documents to the School Places Allocation Section (Primary One Admission) of the EDB at Office 2, 2/F, Manulife Financial Centre, 223 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong. Parents are advised to note that the School Places Allocation Section will be relocated in the fourth quarter this year. Details will be announced on the EDB website in due course.
Residential address
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“When completing the POA Application Form, parents should fill in the actual residential address of their child. If a false address is given by parents to secure a P1 place for their child under the POA System, the application would be rendered void and the P1 place allocated would be withdrawn. If a false instrument has been used or a false statutory declaration has been made in the application, the offender is liable on conviction to imprisonment for 14 years or imprisonment for two years and to a fine respectively under the Crimes Ordinance. Suspected cases of using a false address for POA applications may be reported to the School Places Allocation Section by calling its hotline at 2832 7700,” the EDB spokesman emphasised.
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The Education Bureau (EDB) today (September 6) issued a circular memorandum to all secondary day schools, primary schools, special schools and kindergartens in Hong Kong, announcing the arrangements for the provision of a student grant to day-school students in the 2023/24 school year.
An EDB spokesman said, “The Government provides a student grant of $2,500 for secondary day-school, primary school and kindergarten students every school year. The provision of the grant has been regularised starting from the 2020/21 school year to alleviate parents’ burden of educational expenses.”
The student grant is non-means-tested. All students, as at the date of application, studying in secondary day-schools, primary schools and special schools (including public sector schools, Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools, English Schools Foundation schools and private schools) as well as kindergartens (whether having joined the kindergarten education scheme or not) offering local or non-local curriculum in Hong Kong are eligible for the grant. Students of evening schools, students of private studies, holders of student visas for entry into Hong Kong for studies and holders of the recognisance forms issued by the Immigration Department are not within the scope of subsidy.
The spokesman continued, “The following students are deemed eligible for the grant owing to special circumstances: (a) children at the age of 2 years and 8 months or above as at September 1 of the 2023/24 school year concerned attending a Special Child Care Centre subsidised by the Social Welfare Department owing to special needs; (b) newly arrived children attending a full-time Initiation Programme funded by the EDB; and (c) students taking full-time programmes for Secondary Three school leavers offered by the Vocational Training Council. We will issue letters to relevant organisations and institutions today to inform them of the details.”
The spokesman said, “Starting from the 2023/24 school year, the EDB will introduce electronic submission of student grant applications (e-submission) in public sector schools and DSS schools. Parents may log in to the e-submission platform via an ‘iAM Smart+’ account with digital signing function to submit applications for their children studying in public sector schools or DSS schools. The e-platform will open from 6am on September 14 to 11.59pm on October 2. Parents are encouraged to submit applications online to enjoy the convenience of the e-service.”
To cater for the needs of individual parents, apart from e-submission, the EDB provides an option for parents to return the completed applications in paper form to schools. However, only one application, either in electronic form or paper form, can be submitted for each eligible student. Schools are required to submit the completed forms to the EDB for follow-up on or before November 8. The EDB will normally disburse the subsidy gradually within about six weeks after receiving the duly completed application forms and will inform parents of the application progress via SMS and email as appropriate.
Details of the student grant are available on the EDB website (www.edb.gov.hk/en/student-parents/support-subsidies/student-grant/index.html).
教育局提醒全港幼稚園、肢體傷殘兒童學校及智障兒童學校明日（十一月二十五日）恢復上課。全港小學、中學及部分特殊學校已於十一月二十日復課。
由於部分道路及交通尚未完全恢復正常，教育局提醒學生及家長，出門上學前須注意交通消息及相關宣布，並建議學校繼續按校本機制採取應變措施，彈性處理個別學生因交通問題而遲到或缺席的事宜。
個別學校如受社會事件影響而需較長時間才能復課，可訂定校本應變措施，並盡早通知家長。如個別學校有特殊情況，亦可主動聯絡教育局，教育局會按需要提供適切支援。
教育局會繼續跟進最新發展，適時為學校提供指引及支援。
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2019年11月24日（星期日）
香港時間12時00分
獲得小一自行分配學位的兒童，其家長原定須於十一月二十日（星期三）或十一月二十一日（星期四）學校辦公時間內，前往所申請的小學辦理註冊手續。鑑於近日的社會狀況，有關的註冊日期現延長至十一月二十二日（星期五）（即十一月二十至二十二日）。家長若因要事或交通情況影響，未能在上述指定期間辦理註冊手續，須事先與學校負責人聯絡，以便作出適當安排，否則將被視作放棄該學位論。
家長須注意個別學校的註冊程序及要求，例如須攜帶小一入學申請表的家長副本及兒童相片的數目等。
如有進一步查詢，可致電2832 7700與本局學位分配組聯絡。
教育局推出全新面貌的生涯規劃資訊網站，以一站式平台，為學生、教師及家長提供更全面的生涯規劃教育及升學就業資訊，讓學校更有效協助學生做好生涯規劃。
教育局發言人今日（十一月二十二日）表示，該網站整合生涯規劃網站、職業資訊網站及商校合作計劃網頁，設有七個專區，包括職業資訊、升學、學生網上學習、學校行政、教師專業發展、家長及商校合作計劃。
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同時，網站提供最新的本地及海外升學途徑資訊，以及多項獎學金的申請資格及方法等資料。網站亦為教師提供與生涯規劃相關的學與教資源。此外，網站附有不少影片分享，讓家長和學生對生涯規劃有更深切體會。
教育局鼓勵學生、教師及家長使用生涯規劃資訊網站，以獲得最新的升學及職業資訊。
全港各官立及資助小學星期一（十一月十八日）公布有關二○二○年九月入讀小一的學校自行分配學位錄取名單。 教育局發言人今日（十一月十五日）表示：「今年有52 473名兒童申請官立及資助小學的自行分配學位，有23 340名兒童獲派此類學位。其中屬於有兄／姊在該校就讀或父／母在該校任職類別共13 211人，餘下10 129人則屬按『計分辦法準則』分配類別。」 教育局提醒所有曾經為子女申請自行分配學位的家長，應於星期一（十一月十八日）或星期二（十一月十九日）上午九時至下午五時，攜同小一入學申請表的家長副本，前往所申請的小學查閱申請結果。鑑於近日的社會狀況，家長如因交通或其他特殊情況未能前往所申請的小學查閱申請結果，可瀏覽學校網頁查閱申請結果或致電學校查詢。 獲得自行分配學位的兒童，其家長須於星期三（十一月二十日）或星期四（十一月二十一日）學校辦公時間內，前往所申請的小學辦理註冊手續。 家長須注意個別學校的註冊程序及要求，例如須攜帶小一入學申請表的家長副本及兒童相片的數目等。 發言人說：「家長若因要事或交通情況影響，未能在上述指定期間辦理註冊手續，須事先與學校負責人聯絡，以便作出適當安排，否則將被視作放棄該學位論。」 根據小一入學統籌辦法，所有官立及資助小學的自行分配學額約為該校小一學額總數的百分之五十，餘下的百分之五十學額將留待稍後統一派位階段時分派。 發言人補充說：「教育局會於明年一月上旬以書信通知未能獲得自行分配學位及只準備參加統一派位的申請者，於一月十八日或十九日前往指定的統一派位中心，辦理選校手續，以便進行統一派位。若家長在一月十九日後才為子女提出申請參加本年度小一入學統籌辦法，他們須前往教育局學位分配組辦理有關手續，教育局會於二○二○年六月為申請兒童另行安排小一學位。」 他提醒所有家長：「曾經獲派小一學位的兒童，日後不可再次重新參加小一入學統籌辦法。」 完 2019年11月15日（星期五） 香港時間15時00分