ESF 升小學

sssya

I went to the school tour of TY campus, the teacher said 96% were admitted to ESF primary school.  But I also looked at the older posts, only 70-75% was admitted.  Is there a change of policy?

FattyDaddy

sssya 發表於 17-1-23 17:20
Is there a change of policy?...

The biggest policy change in recent years was the scrapping of the Category 1 and 2 system. When that system was in place, children who could not speak Cantonese had a significant advantage over those who could, so an ESF kindergarten child could lose out to a non-ESF kindergarten child if the former is a Cantonese speaker and the latter is not.

Monalisaj

FattyDaddy 發表於 17-1-23 18:03
The biggest policy change in recent years was the scrapping of the Category 1 and 2 system. When tha ...

May I know what is category 1 and 2 system? Thx

canteen31

Monalisaj 發表於 17-1-23 18:20
May I know what is category 1 and 2 system? Thx

Cat 1 and Cat 2 system no longer exists...... Cat 1 refers to children who cannot speak Cantonese and ESF thinks these kids cannot go to local mainstream school, hence they have higher need to go to ESF. Cat 2 refers to kids who can speak Cantonese.

connieluo

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I don't think that is true. What they are looking for is the English level

FattyDaddy

connieluo 發表於 17-1-23 19:00
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I don't think that is true. What they are looking for is the English level

Haha, previously when they had the Cat 1 & 2 system, not only did they look for adequate English ability but they also considered whether the child could speak Cantonese. If 2 applicants' English level were similar, the one that couldn't speak Cantonese would have priority.

connieluo

FattyDaddy 發表於 17-1-23 19:59
Haha, previously when they had the Cat 1 & 2 system, not only did they look for adequate English abi ...

Why is that?

964000

FattyDaddy 發表於 17-1-23 19:59
Haha, previously when they had the Cat 1 & 2 system, not only did they look for adequate English abi ...

True at that time

LittleOsMummy

connieluo 發表於 17-1-23 20:00
Why is that?

I think that's because most likely those kids are non Chinese and therefore in some way are the ones who truly need to go to an international school

sssya

So I guess more than 90% is the true number for k2 graduates in 2016 to get into ESF primary? When has the cat 1 and 2 system ended?

FattyDaddy

sssya 發表於 17-1-24 10:55
When has the cat 1 and 2 system ended? ...

The Category 1 and 2 system ended in 2013 (for 2014 intake).

Incidentally 2013 was also the year when HK Government started to phase out their subvention to ESF, so it is quite probable that the Cat 1 & 2 system was a HK Government directive. While ESF was was receiving government money, it must put Cantonese speaking local children at a lower priority so as to discourage local families from opting out of local schools.

何B仔Adrian

In fact, I guess the renewal TSA policy will push more parents to switch their kids to IS.

LittleOsMummy

Does anyone know if it's true that if one has turned down an esf kindy offer, the person would be blacklisted and probably won't be accepted if he/she later on applies to an esf primary secondary school?

wadh0988

LittleOsMummy 發表於 17-1-24 22:34
Does anyone know if it's true that if one has turned down an esf kindy offer, the person would be bl ...

Not true. But if you don't have other priority then the chance of being invited to interview is pretty low for non esf kindy kids

LittleOsMummy

wadh0988 發表於 17-1-26 07:37
Not true. But if you don't have other priority then the chance of being invited to interview is pre ...

Yeah I have been told....I guess we just have to try our luck