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Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) 2022

Registration of School Candidates for Category A and Category B Subjects

RundownPart 1• Important Dates for September Registration

• Application Procedures and Important Notes

• Application for Late Entry/Subject Amendment

• Payment of Exam Fees by the Government for the 2022 School Candidates

Part 2• Workflow in WebSAMS• Workflow in REG System

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Event DateSeptember Registration 13 Sep – 7 Oct 2021Payment and Late Payment of Exam Fees Not applicable

to school candidates

Late Entry / Subject Amendment Period 15 Nov – 6 Dec 2021

Payment of Supplementary Fees Before 11:59 pm on 10 Dec 2021

Deadline of Withdrawal 30 Nov 2021

• Registration method Online Application Hardcopies of entry forms

• Subject fees

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Application Procedures

Language Subjects in Category A

Non-language Subjects in Categories A & B

$683 per subject $457 per subject

WHO are eligible for the payment of Exam Fees by the Government?

• School candidates studying inday/evening schools approved forparticipation in the 2022 HKDSE

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Category A subjects

Category B subjects

Category C subjects

Supplementary Fees

Exam Fees Paid by the Government

Payment of Exam Fees by the Government

Before Registration Download and read the following documents:

Exam Circular No. (2) 2021/2022 (Annex 2 - Guides toSchools for Preparing Entries - SeptemberRegistration)

Instructions to Applicants (School Candidates)

User Manual – Registration System

Supplementary Information for Schools UsingWebSAMS and relevant information at the CDR[https://cdr.websams.edb.gov.hk > 模組資料 > 香港考評局程序]

All students entering for the 2022 HKDSE are bona fide S6students in the school year 2021/2022 7

Important Points to Note

(1) Home cum District Centre ArrangementsSection 3.4(1) of the HKDSE Exam Regulation

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Supply of Exam Venues

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Accommodate all of your own candidates in the core subject written exams

Reserve spare seating capacity for private candidates and school candidates from other schools

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Provide exam venues for the conduct of elective subject exams

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Don’t change your centre availability after confirmation

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Exam Centre ArrangementsCore Subject Exams Elective Subject Exams

Home Centre (by default)*

For candidates who can provide valid reasons not to sit the core subject exams in their ‘Home Centre’

Step 1: SEO selects the following option in the Registration System

Non-home Centre (Core Subjects)

Step 2: This option will be shown on the Checklist for candidate’s checking

District Centres based oncandidate’s choice of examcentre district

Actual allocationSubject to the availability ofexam accommodation invarious districts

Choice of Exam Centre DistrictNot applicable to:

(i) speaking exam;(ii) practical exams; and(iii) small-entry subjects

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If your school

Scenario 1does not have

a proper exam venue

Scenario 2cannot provide sufficient

seating capacity to accommodate all their own school candidates

Attention:Some of the candidates will be arranged to sit the core subject exams in ‘District Centre’ even though the candidates have chosen ‘Home Centre’ by default

(2) Streamlining Arrangement of Public Exam Examination Circular No. (13) 2020/2021 on 30 June

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Revised Assessment Frameworks/Schemes for Category A and Category B subjects, please visit:

http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/assessment_framework/

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Important Points to Note

(3) Physical Education (PE)• Choose ONE of the nine physical activities for PE Paper

3 (Practical Exams)• Select Physical Activity + Upload Health Declaration

Form Directly in the Registration System

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Important Points to Note

(4) Design and Applied Technology (DAT)• Choose any TWO of the five modules during registration• Need to attempt only ONE of the chosen modules in the

exam

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Important Points to Note

Deadline Application / Submission

On or before

6 December 2021 Changes to the musical instruments Other details for Paper 4B Exemption for Paper 4B/ 4C

Extended to

31 January 2022

(one-off measure due to COVID-19)

Update of the evidence of the qualification for the exemption of Paper 4B/4C

[only applicable to candidates who have applied for exemption on or before 6 Dec 2021]

(5) Music

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Registration of Category B (ApL) subjects for: S4/S5Repeaters (if any) and S6 candidates

For S4/S5 Repeaters: Not required to seek specialapproval from the HKEAA or submit supportingdocuments

Confirm with course providers for the list ofcandidates

Endorse entries in the Registration System

(6) Registration for ApL subjects

Important Points to Note

Name of the ApL subjects as some of the subject names arevery similar

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B662 Applied Psychology(應用心理學)

B691 Practical Psychology(實用心理學)

B611 Hospitality Services in Practice (酒店服務營運)

B615 Hotel Operations(酒店營運)

The candidates’ results of Category B subjects will not beshown on their 2022 HKDSE results notice and certificate (ifapplicable) nor be carried forward to the 2023 HKDSE andbeyond

EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2

If school fails to register any candidates for Cat B (ApL) subjects

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Event DateSeptember Registration 13 Sep – 7 Oct 2021

Payment and Late Payment of Exam Fees Not applicable to school candidates

Late Entry / Subject Amendment Period 15 Nov – 6 Dec 2021Payment of Supplementary Fees Before 11:59 pm

on 10 Dec 2021Deadline of Withdrawal 30 Nov 2021

• Application method Online ApplicationHardcopies of entry forms

Except for Music:• Applications for amendments to the supplementary

information of Music are required to submit at theHKEAA Southorn Centre office (cannot be completedby the SEO via the Registration System)

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Application Procedures

• Late Entry: $422 per candidate

• Addition or Substitution of subjects: HK$273 per application (irrespective of the number of subjects)

Late Entry / Subject Amendment

• Subject to the approval of the HKEAA• Payment of supplementary fee (Note: the subject fees

(if applicable) will be paid by the Government)

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Remember to distribute the

Demand Notes to candidates for payment

Substitution of a subject

• Replacement of a subject by another one• Change of language version• Replacement of a paper/module in a subject by

another one within the same subjecte.g. adding/deleting Mathematics Extended Part M1/M2,

changing M1 to M2 or vice versa, changing subjectcombination of Combined Science, etc.

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Applications for amendments to the followingswill not be accepted after 6 December 2021 Replacement of a physical activity by another

one (for Physical Education Paper 3) Replacement of a musical instrument by

another one (for Music Paper 4B) Application for paper exemption for Music

(Paper 4B/4C) or vice versa

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• Normally not be accepted after 6 December 2021• Requests made thereafter will be exceptionally considered

by the Secretary General on a case-by-case basis• Any super-late requests for changes will not be accepted

after 6 April 2022 (i.e. 10 working days before the start ofthe first written exam on 22 April 2022)

• Will not provide faxed copies of question papers to wrong-centre or wrong-version candidates

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Super-late Applications for entry and subject amendment

Special Arrangements for the Payment of Exam Fees by the Government

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Upon the School Principal’s endorsement

SEOs may print the demand notesand distribute them to individual candidates for record purposes

The payment status of all eligible school candidates’ entries will be set as ‘Paid’ after submission to the HKEAA

The administrative procedures will be handled by schools, the HKEAA and the EDB

School candidates:

Do not have to pay the exam fees nor apply to the Government for the payment of exam fees by themselves

Students who pass the means test of the SFO of the Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency:

Need not apply for Exam Fee Remission (EFR) for the 2022 HKDSE

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September Registration / Amendment Period

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Endorse and submit entries by

the Principal in the REG System

ReceiveConfirmation letter (Template) and a 'Fee Statement Report (September Registration)' (Report Sample) from the School Information Management (SIM)

Verify the reportReturn the signed

confirmation letter and report

to the EDB

On or before 7 Oct / 6 Dec* 2021

13 Oct / 17 Dec* 2021

On or before22 Oct / 24 Dec* 2021

*Applicable to schools that have submitted application(s) for subject amendment/late entry only

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September Registration

Amendment Period

Login School Information Management (SIM)(View Notice)

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Report Sample (September Registration)

The level of assistance to all school candidates is set as ‘100% remission’

Amount of Exam Fees to be settled by the

Government

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Report Sample (Amendment Period)

$4,108$3,651

No. of subjects entered and amount of exam fees

(after deletion)

Actual amount of exam fees claimed (to be settled by the

Government)[including deleted subject(s)]

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Sorting order: Candidateswho have submittedrequests for late entry oraddition/substitution ofsubject will be listed out first

Step 3: Verify and Return Report• Verify the 'Fee Statement Report (September Registration)’, including:

(i) the total no. of candidates (ii) the no. of subjects entered

• If you find any discrepancies, please inform the HKEAA immediately by calling 3628 8860 or by email to dse@hkeaa.edu.hk

• Return documents to the EDB by registered mail or by hand(i) the duly signed and stamped Confirmation Letter(ii) the verified hardcopy of the 'Fee Statement Report (SeptemberRegistration)’

Address:27/F, Kwun Tong View, 410 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon Attn.: SPM(A&HKEAA)Office Hours:Mon-Fri 9:00 am - 6:00 pm, closed during lunch hour 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Please do not send the above-mentioned documents to the HKEAA

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Event DateRelease of exam results• Category C subjects – November 2021 series

Late Jan 2022

Issue of Admission Forms• For practical exams for PE and Music• For Category A subject exams

Late Jan/Early Feb 2022Early March 2022

Exam Period (tentative)• Practical Exams for PE and Music• English Language Speaking exam• English Language Speaking exam (SEN sessions)• Written Exams (Category A subjects)

Mid-Feb to Mid-Apr 202230 March – 8 April 202212 – 13 April 202222 April – 21 May 2022 (Reserve: 23 & 24 May 2022)

Release of exam results• Categories A & B subjects

20 Jul 2022 (tentative)