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62% of Hong Kong pupils secure first choice of secondary school via central system, lowest since 2020
- Education Bureau says 51,393 Primary Six children allocated secondary school places via centralised system
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Sixty-two per cent of applicants have secured their first choice of a Hong Kong secondary school through the central allocation system, the lowest proportion since 2020.
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The Education Bureau said on Monday 51,393 Primary Six children were allocated secondary school places via the system.
The proportion securing their first choice of schools was 66 per cent last year, 71 per cent in 2022, 67 per cent in 2021 and 62 per cent in 2020.
There are two stages in the allocation of public secondary schools for pupils in Hong Kong.
Those in the first stage are granted school places based on discretionary factors, such as academic and interview performance. They can apply directly to one or two schools, and the results were released in March.
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