TEACHER training colleges received good response this year with all their places filled under the relaxed entrance requirements.
The four government-run colleges of education - Sir Robert Black, Northcote, Grantham and Hong Kong Technical Teachers' College - admitted 1,290 students for their two-year and three-year programmes.
The figure is 17 per cent more than the 1,100 places offered.
The Education Department received 3,455 applications for the two-year courses for Advanced-level students, and 780 of them were admitted for the 660 places, a rise of 85 per cent from last year.
For the three-year courses for HKCEE students, 5,860 applications were received and 510 were admitted, including 130 for the Chinese courses and 380 for the English courses.
Although the number is smaller than that of last year, it is still more than enough to fill the 440 places.
The department took in more than enough students as it expects some students to turn down the offer when they find better choices from other tertiary institutes.