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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) 
      Updated
       
    • PowerPoint on "Primary One Application e-Platform 2026" for Parents  ( 
      PDF
      ) (Chinese only) 
      New
       


    3. Public Information Videos 

    Discretionary Places (DP) Stage  
    New
     
    Central Allocation (CA) Stage


    Functions and Advantages of Using ePOA (Highlighted version) 

    4. Parent's Guide

    • Registration for “iAM Smart+”
    • (I) Account Registration and Login Procedures 
      (
      If the parents have submitted the paper form of “Application Form for Admission to Primary One”, please refer to (III) Account Activation and Login Procedures.)


    • (IV)  Application for POA
      (Applicable to parents who apply for CA only, i.e. who have never applied for a discretionary place)