Hong Kong’s Education Bureau (EDB) apologises after some parents receive SMS notifications about Primary One school allocations one day before the official release. According to multiple reports, the messages were sent on Tuesday while the results were scheduled to be announced on Wednesday. Some parents said the SMS notifications showed the correct school choices but contained an incorrect calendar year, causing confusion and prompting calls to the EDB hotline.
The EDB says the early texts were caused by an operational error related to the setup of a system-controlled text-messaging function. The bureau urges parents to ignore the premature SMS and treat the Wednesday release as the final allocation results. Officials also acknowledge the disruption caused by the incident, noting that the hotline received a high volume of inquiries from parents seeking clarification.
Both outlets describe the same core facts: an early, mistaken SMS release, parent confusion over the message content, the EDB’s apology, and instructions to rely on the official results issued on the scheduled date.
