More than 100 students enrolled¹ at a vocational school in South China were turned away on registration² day because there wasn't enough dorm space for them.

由于校方床位不足，100多名被中国南方一职业学校录取的新生在注册日遭到拒绝。

The Guangxi Industry and Commerce School (GICS) in Nanning broke the news of the over-enrollment to students when they attempted to register for classes last Saturday, a parent posted on social media.

一位学生家长在社交媒体上发文称，当他们上周六前往位于南宁的广西工商学校报名入学时，校方却宣布招收名额已经满员了。

The students had waited into the night before the school finally broke the news of the over-enrollment, a student said.

一名学生表示，一些学生一直等到当天晚上，学校才告知名额招满的消息。

'The problem began when the school sent out a total of 2,000 enrollment offers to new students despite only having room for 900 in the school's dormitories', a GICS employee explained.

广西工商学校一位工作人员对此解释称：“学校发出了2000多份新生录取通知书，不过宿舍床位只有900多个。”

"We sent offers to all the students who had contacted us and showed interest in studying at our school," the employee said.

他说：“只要是联系了我们学校，有意愿报名的学生，我们都发放了录取通知书。”

Those that had not paid tuition before the August 10 deadline were also turned away, the school said.

校方表示，那些在8月10日前没有来缴纳相关费用的学生，也不能登记入学。

Local education officials said schools often cast their nets wide for students to stave off under-enrollment, a problem for most vocational schools.

当地教育局官员表示，职业学校多存在招不满学生的现象，为了避免此情况，学校一般都会多发放些通知书。