ESF kinder admission contract ?

FattyDaddy

hb12699 發表於 13-4-11 13:51
What's the passing rate from esf kinder to esf primary school ? ...

Many have asked the same question. From reliable sources, the passing rate is close to 90%, from various internet hear-say it is around 70%. These percentages are overall figures, regardless of Cat 1 and 2.

Of course, this very comment should also be taken as internet hear-say {:1_1:}

FattyDaddy

hb12699 發表於 13-4-11 14:56
Everyone can share the nomination rights affect the passing rate from esf kinder to esf primary scho ...

This is how the nomination rights scheme is supposed to work ... You pay an initial sum of $50000 to buy an interview, if the child passes you pay the remaining sum to enroll, but if the child fails you get your $50000 refunded, if the child passes but you decide not to enroll then you forfeit the $50000. The interviewers do not know which child has bought nomination right so it has no effect on passing rate.

If the child is already an ESF kindergarten pupil, he/she automatically gets an interview so there is no reason to buy nomination right, but this year's ESF kindergarten intake will be the last batch to enjoy this priority.

FattyDaddy

xx33 發表於 13-4-14 05:01
However, one of the ESF school rejected the applicant even he paid $500K！ ...

I guess there will always be a few odd exceptions to everything, but I'm wondering how this could happen.

Under the current nomination rights scheme, if he paid the full $500k that means his child had passed the interview and enrolled, so the child could only be rejected if he/she started school and then something went wrong (e.g. gross misconduct), or the parent voluntarily gave up the seat because some better offer came along.

FattyDaddy

Mom2One 發表於 13-4-14 13:59
However the mom told me that they are still on the waitlist - and (more strangely), she recently was told by the school that they weren't sure she would got a place before August and she may want to consider paying $500,000 to apply for a nomination place. ...

May be this is the logic behind ...

If the child is not an ESF kindergarten pupil, the chances of him/her getting an interview is slim, so some parents may want to use the nomination rights scheme, paying an intial $50,000 to buy an interview, and if the child passes then he/she can enroll right away by paying the remaining $450,000. There is no wait list because you either pay the remaining sum to enroll or forgo their offer.

If the child is an ESF kindergarten pupil, then he/she automatically gets an interview so there is no reason to pay anything to buy one. After the interview, children who pass will either be offered confirmed places or put on the wait list waiting for a place to become available. Some parents with children on the wait list may not like that uncertainty, and ESF might say if you use the nomination rights scheme you can buy your child off the wait list and enroll right away by paying $500,000.

Just my guess.

FattyDaddy

hb12699 發表於 13-4-14 15:00
Many thanks for your experience sharing and what you heard, although the chance is 90 % or 60% , I also would take the offer to get the entry ticket for esf school first.  ...

If you are targeting ESF primary schools and you are offered a place in an ESF kindergarten, then there is very little reason for you to decline the offer. Sure, there are alternative paths to the same goal, but why give up the easiest path?

FattyDaddy

Mom2One 發表於 13-4-14 21:25
Just seems to me that ESF appears to have become more money-minded and opportunistic than what I'd previously observed. ...

Same observation here, but then who can blame them when their subvention is about to be taken away. They will become just as money minded as any other international school in Hongkong, no more, no less.

FattyDaddy

xx33 發表於 13-4-15 23:16
esf school is offering the pupils that they never had interview（I mean who want to join current Y1 class）， that's why they may have chance to reject ...

I see, but this group of children who are rejected only paid the initial sum of $50k and not the $400k full payment, right? Also they should be getting a refund of their $50k {:1_1:}