Tears and joy as Hong Kong Primary Six students find out which secondary school they will attend from September
- Success rate lowest since 2012 with only 74 per cent students finding a place at their first choice of school
- Students must report to allocated secondary schools on Thursday and Friday
Tears, laughter and despair filled school campuses across Hong Kong on Tuesday morning when tens of thousands of Primary Six students and their anxious parents learned which secondary school the children would go to in September.
Among the tearful students were Anthea Yeung Hoi-ting and her best friend Ella Tam Wing-yi, who both studied at St Patrick’s School in Lok Fu and picked the same secondary schools as their top three choices.
But only Anthea got into her favourite one – Pooi To Middle School in Kowloon City, while Ella was allocated her second choice – True Light Middle in Kowloon Tong.
The 12-year-old students sobbed as they learned they would not go to the same school again.
They were among the 52,917 Primary Six students who had taken part in the secondary school place allocation process this year. A total of 74 per cent students were offered a place at their top choice, while 87 per cent were accepted by one of their top three preferred schools.
The success rates this year were the lowest since 2012, when 72 per cent students were given the schools of their first choice and 86 per cent from their top three picks.
