2019 HKDSE School Candidates
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Ref.: DSE/CR 3/2018 8 June 2018 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination 2019 Examination Circular No. (10) 2017/2018 Registration of School Candidates for Category C (Other Languages) Subjects 1. Registration of School Candidates (a) Registration for Category C (Other Languages) subjects of the 2019 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) (i.e. November 2018 series) will be accepted from 20 June to 9 July 2018. Schools presenting students for the Examination are required to register with the HKEAA via the Registration System at the HKDSE Examination Online Services (https://www.hkdse.hkeaa.edu.hk). Hardcopy of entry forms will not be accepted. (b) All six Category C subjects, viz. French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Spanish and Urdu, will be offered in the November 2018 series examination. The AS level question papers of Cambridge Assessment International Education (Cambridge International) will be used in the Category C examinations. For details about the selection of subjects, please refer to Annex 1. (c) Before submitting their students’ registration entries to the HKEAA, schools should make sure that all students entering for the Category C (Other Languages) subject examinations are bona fide Secondary 6 students in the school year 2018/2019. (d) Schools should remind their students that they must abide by the regulations laid down in the HKDSE Examination Regulations and ‘Instructions to Candidates’ for Category C (Other Languages) subjects when taking the examinations. Candidates in breach of any examination regulations or requirements are subject to penalty. 2. Examination Fee Waiver for the 2019 HKDSE School Candidates The Legislative Council has approved a financial commitment for paying examination fees for eligible school candidates sitting for the 2019 HKDSE as a one-off measure. Please refer to the detailed arrangements in Part 4 – Examination Fees of Annex 1. 3. Arrangements for the Release of Results for Category C Subject Examinations The results for Category C subjects - November 2018 series examinations will be released around late January 2019. As the June series examinations have ceased to be offered from the 2018 HKDSE, school principals are requested to remind their students who intend to take the French and Spanish examinations that they should sit the November 2018 series examinations. In case any of your students wishes to take the Cambridge International June series examinations, they may register through the International and Professional Examinations Division of the HKEAA. 4. Registration Procedures and Support for Schools (a) Guides to Schools for Preparing Entries To facilitate schools in preparing candidates’ entries for the Category C (Other Languages) subjects of the 2019 HKDSE, the ‘Guides to Schools for Preparing Entries – June Registration’, which introduces the step-by-step registration procedures and highlights the important points to note and the documents to be downloaded, is provided in Annex 1 for ease of reference. School principals and School Examination Officers (SEOs) are requested to follow the important dates summarised in paragraph 5 below and read the guides to carry out the administrative work that will take place during the period. 香港灣仔軒尼詩道 130 號修頓中心 12 樓 12/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong 電話 Telephone: (852) 3628 8860 傳真 Fax: (852) 3628 8928 電郵 E-mail: [email protected] 網址 Website: www.hkeaa.edu.hk (b) School Briefing A briefing session has been arranged in the afternoon of 27 June 2018. In the briefing session, apart from introducing the logistic arrangements for the release of results and rechecking & remarking applications in the 2018 HKDSE, the June Registration for Category C (Other Languages) subjects of the 2019 HKDSE will also be covered so as to familiarise school personnel with the registration procedures for their students. The programme rundown is given in Annex 4. For details, please refer to our letter to schools dated 6 June 2018. [Remark: School briefing sessions regarding the September Registration will be held around mid to late September 2018. Details will be announced in early September.] 5. Examination Timetable and Important Dates The timetable for Category C (Other Languages) subject examinations is given in Annex 3. A summary of the important dates pertaining to the June registration of the 2019 HKDSE is given below for ease of reference: Event Date References June – July 2018 1. Register for School Briefing via By 25 June 2018 Annex 4 SIM Rundown 2. Applications for special 20 June – 9 July 2018 Annex 1 examination arrangement for SEN Part 7 – Application for candidates – applicable to Category Special Examination C (Other Languages) subjects Arrangements only 3. Registration for Category C (Other 20 June – 9 July 2018 Annex 1 Languages) subjects Part 2 – Preparation Part 3 – Completing the Registration Entries 4. Payment of examination fee Not applicable Please refer to the 5. Late payment of examination fee Not applicable details of examination fee waiver for the 2019 HKDSE school candidates in Annex 1 Part 4 – Examination Fees 6. Applications for Late Entry/Subject 10 July – 23 July 2018 Annex 1 Amendment Part 8 – Late Entry and 7. Payment of supplementary fee By 23 July 2018 Subject Amendment August 2018 8. Deadline for withdrawal 16 August 2018 Annex 1 Part 11 – Withdrawal from the Examination September 2018 9. Issue of Admission Forms and Mid-September 2018 Annex 1 ‘Instructions to Candidates’ for Part 12 – Admission Category C (Other Languages) Forms and Instructions subject examinations to Candidates - 2 - Event Date References October 2018 10. Examination period for Category Annex 3 C (Other Languages) subjects Examination Timetable - Written examinations 2 October –30 October 2018 - Speaking examinations 1 October – 21 October 2018 Late January 2019 11. Release of examination results: Annex 3 - Category C subjects - Late January 2019 Examination Timetable November 2018 series (tentative) 6. Enquiries (1) For enquiries on the WebSAMS, please contact: WebSAMS Help Desk (EDB) (Tel. No.: 3125 8510) CDS Help Desk (EDB) (Tel. No.: 3464 0550) (2) For general enquiries on the registration for the HKDSE, please contact: HKEAA Public Examinations Information Centre (Tel No.: 3628 8860) (Email: [email protected]) (3) For enquiries on Cambridge International June Series examinations, please contact: HKEAA International and Professional Examinations Division (Tel No.: 3628 8787) (Email: [email protected]) MARGARET HUI (MS) General Manager, School Examinations and Assessment Division To: Principals of schools participating in the 2019 HKDSE - 3 - Annex 1 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) 2019 Guides to Schools for Preparing Entries - June Registration 1. Selection of Category C Subjects 1.1 There is only one examination series for the 2019 HKDSE Category C (Other Languages) subjects (i.e. November 2018 series*). All six Category C subjects, viz. French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Spanish and Urdu, will be offered. The AS level question papers of Cambridge Assessment International Education (Cambridge International) will be used in the Category C examinations. The Category C subjects entered in the November 2018 series will be combined with the Categories A and B subjects entered for the 2019 HKDSE and the total number is limited to a maximum of eight subjects. * Please note that the June series examinations have ceased to be offered from the 2018 HKDSE. School principals are requested to remind their students who intend to take the French and Spanish examinations that they should sit the November 2018 series examination, the results of which are expected to be available in late January 2019. 1.2 Candidates can find more information about the Category C subjects at the HKEAA website (www.hkeaa.edu.hk HKDSE Assessment Information Subject Information) and the Cambridge International website at http://www.cambridgeinternational.org/ . 2. Preparation June Registration Period 20 June to 9 July 2018 Registration Method via the Registration System: https://www.hkdse.hkeaa.edu.hk Hardcopy of entry forms will not be accepted. Before submitting students’ registration entries to the HKEAA, schools should make sure that: All students entering for the Category C (Other Languages) subject examinations are bona fide Secondary 6 students in the school year 2018/2019. School Examination Officer (SEO)/School Principal should have their own login ID and password ready. [See below for more information.] Read carefully the ‘Instructions to Applicants’ and ‘User Manual for the Registration System’ which will be available for download from the Registration System from 13 June 2018. Candidates may download the ‘Instructions to Applications’ from the HKEAA website (www.hkeaa.edu.hk HKDSE Examination Administration Exam Registration & Fees Exam Registration). Read ‘Supplementary Information for Schools Using WebSAMS’ (Annex 2(a)) for the steps of preparing candidates’ entry data in the WebSAMS and transmitting the data files via CDS (for Schools using WebSAMS). 香港灣仔軒尼詩道 130 號修頓中心 12 樓 12/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong 電話 Telephone: (852) 3628 8860 傳真 Fax: (852) 3628 8928 電郵 E-mail: [email protected] 網址 Website: www.hkeaa.edu.hk What to do if I encounter the following user account problems? User Account Problem School Principal / SEO School Administrator Lost/Forgot User IDs Contact the PEIC on 3628 8860 Contact School Principal or or send an email to School Administrator to [email protected] and provide check/update account profile information for verification. via SIM. If necessary, a new Change account users account can be created for the school teacher/staff who will serve as SEO via SIM. Forgot login password Click the ‘Forgot Login Password’ button on the login page of the HKDSE Examination Online Services. The system will then send a new login password to designated email address. Did not receive the re-set Contact PEIC on 3628 8860 or Contact School Principal or password email send an email to School Administrator to [email protected] and provide check/update email address information for verification and via SIM.