Nearly 90 per cent of 6-year-olds in Hong Kong allocated primary school spots from their top 3 choices
- Education authorities reveal 89 per cent of pupils received one of their top three primary school choices during this year’s two-stage allocation process
- Educators attribute high success rate to recent emigration wave, declining birth rates
Almost 90 per cent of six-year-olds have secured a spot at one of their top three choices for primary schools in Hong Kong for the next academic year, the highest success rate in more than a decade.
Places at primary schools are allocated according to a two-part process. The first is a discretionary admission phase in November and accounts for nearly half of all six-year-olds.
The remaining pupils are assigned spots through a central allocation exercise, with parents listing their choices in January, with each school setting aside about half of its Primary 1 places.
According to the Education Bureau on Thursday, the overall success rate for both stages ahead of the coming academic year reached 89 per cent, the highest level since 2012.
The two-stage process for determining Primary One spots is based on factors such as grades, where a child lives, attendance of any past or current family members at a chosen school and religious affiliations.
