Fourth School Allocation Exercise 2019

Introduction

The Fourth School Allocation Exercise 2019 has started. Three school premises under planning in Kowloon City, Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin Districts and one vacant school premises in Kowloon City District are open for application by eligible school sponsoring bodies (SSBs) for reprovisioning of existing public sector and Direct Subsidy Scheme primary schools.

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. (1) SSBs should submit a proposed school plan (of no more than 10 pages including all annexes, plus a two-page executive summary). They may also make reference to the school(s) that they are operating and their respective performance to substantiate their cases. They should also include information as regards the views from parents and teachers about the reprovisioning plan.
2. (2) For the proposed school plan, contents in pages exceeding the page limits (as mentioned in (1) above) would not be considered.
3. (3)
   For each complete application, SSBs are required to submit the following documents -

   1. (i) one original copy of the duly completed application form;
   2. (ii) one copy of detailed information on their eligibility [i.e. incorporation document and certificate of exemption from tax];
   3. (iii) 22 copies each of the proposed school plan, executive summary and list of operating schools run by the SSB with addresses and types (if any), together with 2 CD-ROMs containing such information; and
   4. (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 pm October 10, 2019 :

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

4. (4) Late submission or incomplete applications, as well as application via email, will not be processed.

Time Schedule

Application Form and Guidance Notes for Application

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