Background:
In Hong Kong, roughly 70,000 senior secondary students graduate Form 5 each year. For the majority of these students hoping to move on to Form 6, they will need to undergo school admissions interviews during “Open House Week” held for 4 days each year (Aug 8-11, 2007).
Given the limited number of seats available at each school, the hectic 4-day school searching process can be described as extremely competitive.
Solution:
Xgate's Seat Availability SMS Inquiry Platform allows HKCEE graduate students to check in REAL TIME the number of admissions seats remaining at over 400 participating Form 6 schools covering all 18 districts in Hong Kong.
With over 100,000 printed handbook distributed to all Form 5 schools, students SMS their desired "School Code” found in the handbook and SEND it to a premium sms number, short code 507818. A reply SMS will indicate the number of seats remaining at the desired school for each the three categories “ARTS, SCIENCE, and BUSINESS.”
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