ADELAY in announcement under an education admission scheme is forcing students to opt for alternative study choices rather than be left with nothing in the end.
Introduced in February last year, the Joint Admission Scheme for Polytechnics, Technical Institutes and Colleges (JASPIC) processes applications for admission to full-time sub-degree courses at the two polytechnics and nine technical institutes and colleges.
Each Form Five or Seven graduate was invited to list a maximum of 12 non-degree study courses, following the August 9 release of the HKCEE results. The first round of offers was announced last Saturday.
Form Five graduate Cecilia Kwok Shuk-yu chose Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute's Child Care course as her first choice under JASPIC, but has decided to take Tourism Business at Bianchi of Caritas Hong Kong before the offers are made known.
'I am anxious, and do not want to wait till the offers are announced. I am frightened I will get no offer at all from any school,' she told Young Post.
Cecilia said fear of being 'left behind' had forced her to look for alternatives.