[Archive] Third School Allocation Exercise 2014

Introduction

The Third School Allocation Exercise 2014 has started. A vacant school premises in Yuen Long, i.e. the ex-premises of Church of Christ in China Fong Yun Wah Primary School at Estate Primary School, Tin Yiu Estate Phase II, Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, is open to applications by eligible school sponsoring bodies (SSBs) for operating an extension of an existing aided primary school for a time-limited period or setting up a separate time-limited aided primary school to meet the projected transient shortfall of Primary One (P1) school places in Yuen Long.

For press release of the Exercise, please click here.

Premises Available for Allocation

For detailed information of the school premises available for allocation, please click here.

Submission of Application

Applicants who are interested in applying for the school premises should follow the procedures below:

(1)

The applicants should submit a proposed school plan [NOT MORE THAN 10 PAGES including all annexes] plus a 2-page executive summary. SSBs may also provide information on the school(s) that they are operating and their respective performance to support their application. For applications for physical extension of an existing aided primary schools for a time-limited period, information on the views from parents and teachers about the plan for physical extension should also be included.

(2)

For the proposed school plan, contents in pages exceeding the page limits (as mentioned in (1) above) would not be considered.

(3)

For each complete application, applicant bodies are required to submit the following documents -

(i) one original copy of the duly completed application form;

(ii) one copy of detailed information on their eligibility [i.e. incorporation document and certificate of exemption from tax];

(iii) 19 copies each of the proposed school plan, executive summary and list of operating schools run by the applicant body with school names, addresses and types (if any), together with 2 CD-ROMs containing such information; and

(iv) one copy each of other supporting documents as listed in the Application Form.

The above documents should reach the following address below no later than 5:00 p.m. 30 October 2014:

          Infrastructure and Research Support Division
          Education Bureau
          6th Floor, East Wing, Central Government Offices
          2 Tim Mai Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong

(4)

Late submission or incomplete applications, as well as application via email, will not be accepted.

Time Schedule

30 October 2014

Deadline for submission of applications

November/December 2014 (Tentative)

Meeting(s) of the School Allocation Committee (and interviews with applicant bodies if required)

December 2014/

January 2015 (Tentative)

Announcement of results

Application Form and Guidance Notes for Application

To download the application form and the guidance notes, please click here.

The invitation for application and submission of detailed school proposal is non-binding in nature. It does not constitute any kind of offer or the basis of any kind of offer to any party for school allocation, nor does it create any legal obligations on the Government. It does not prejudice any future scrutiny by the School Allocation Committee/ Government, nor commit them to any course of action including whether or not to approve any allocation at all, irrespective of the number of applications received. Nothing in this invitation shall oblige the Government to allocate the premises to any party at any time.