Parents praise DSEJ’s centralized application

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s centralized application procedure for first-time kindergarten applicants started on Tuesday.
Parents will no longer have to queue overnight outside different schools to apply for admission, as the central application system allows applicants to fill out their child’s information remotely and choose a maximum of six schools simultaneously.
“There is a huge difference, as it’s now much faster and I don’t have to queue up to different schools and get the application form. Before, many schools would have told me that all application forms are given out in mid-
February, so that you don’t even get the form when you get there. But it’s different now and you can apply for six different schools at the same time. It’s much quicker and more efficient,” a parent told TDM.
In previous applications, parents criticized authorities for being inconsistent with the distribution and submission of application forms.
TDM’s report stated that the bureau had already received 1,900 applicants on the day the system was launched.
DSEJ’s representative, Kong Chi Meng, noted that some parents completed the application forms within three minutes.
“We have talked to some parents and they’ve already done their research after we announced the school information on the first of this month. They’ve looked into the information and some parents were able to complete the registration process within three minutes,” said the representative.
The application period ends on January 25, and parents will be informed about attending school admission interviews in February. Applicants who are unfamiliar with the Internet can visit DSEJ and register at one of the four counters available in the bureau.