Resources on Primary One Application e-Platform (ePOA)
The Education Bureau (EDB) will be sending an activation email (sender: espa@edb.gov.hk) for the POA e-Platform (ePOA)
starting from 10 November to parents who have provided an email address in the paper form of “Application Form for Admission to Primary One”. Parents can check the results for discretionary places after activating their ePOA account and binding their account with “iAM Smart”/ “iAM Smart+”. Please read
Parent’s Guide III “Account Activation and Login Procedures”. For enquiries, please contact the School Places Allocation Section of the EDB at 2832 7700.
The Education Bureau (EDB) will organise three identical briefing sessions for parents and kindergartens on 11, 13 and 18 December 2025. The briefing sessions, which will be conducted in Cantonese, will introduce the applications and operation of Public Desk of the POA e-Platform. Interested parents please apply for the above-mentioned briefing sessions
on or before 2 December 2025 at
https://forms.office.com/r/95115jfpzF. Registration will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis and will close once full.
1. "Primary One Application e-Platform" (ePOA)
2. PowerPoint slides on ePOA & Common Errors
- PowerPoint on "Primary One Application e-Platform" for Kindergartens Principals and Teachers (
PDF
) (Chinese only) - PowerPoint on "Primary One Application e-Platform 2026" for Parents (
PDF
) (Chinese only)
3. Public Information Videos
Discretionary Places (DP) Stage
Central Allocation (CA) StageFunctions and Advantages of Using ePOA (Highlighted version)
4. Parent's Guide
- Registration for “iAM Smart+”
- (I) Account Registration and Login Procedures
- (II) Submitting Applications for Discretionary Places (DP) & Checking Allocation Results
- (III) Account Activation and Login Procedures
(Only applicable to parents who have submitted the paper form of "Application Form for Admission to Primary One")
- (IV) Application for POA
(Applicable to parents who apply for CA only, i.e. who have never applied for a discretionary place)
- (V) Transfer of School Net
- (VI) Change of Personal Particulars
- (VII) Making School Choices in Central Allocation (CA) & Checking Allocation Results