Some students[quantify] who were eligible to participate in the scheme, were once given an offer soon after the announcement of HKCEE results, thus allowing them to enter the university immediately rather than after completing Form 6.

It aims at providing flexibility to outstanding Secondary 6 students to be admitted to the three institutions participating in the scheme.

Usually only the first programme in the priority order of each institution will provide a subject-based interview but there are various exceptional cases.

On the contrary, students who went to PLK Vicwood KT Chong Sixth Form College were not required to make such sacrifice for quality education.

The general public and many education experts [citation needed] criticise that HKCEE is not an appropriate examination for being a selection criteria of universities' admission procedure.

It is also doubtful [citation needed] whether EAS-benefited students are mature enough to choose suitable university programmes which would probably determine their whole life.

Adverse effect on EAS-benefited student (who have already seized places in the universities) learning in Form 6 would also be inevitable.