All About Primary Schools' Balloting History

[py85]

But these we can’t even see the registration numbers on the last 30 mins 🤣

[phtthp]

py85\" post_id=\"1989107\" time=\"1596463621\" user_id=\"39915:

But these we can’t even see the registration numbers on the last 30 mins 🤣

Suppose last minute, in that last one hour (3.30 pm to 4.30 pm) on last day of Phase 2C, a lot of SC within 1 to 2 km applied online, thus resulted in SC balloting within (1 to 2 km).

Then, how would SC more than 2 km realize that they must faster withdraw in time, go some other school in the nick of time to register since no more chance, if they have initially applied for the same school, say, on the first day of 2C, since now no more numbers are revealed (disclosed) to parents ?


This is very risky, bec after you have applied online , you won't know if u got no chance to even ballot, because last minute, in that critical hour from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm last day of 2C, who knows, u may get pushed out of balloting chance, if a lot of parents suddenly turned up to apply online, in that distance bracket earlier before your own range distance

[Lacyjac]

I am staying 1-2km from Temasek primary.. difficult decision .. there is no number breakdown for sc distance to reference. 😥

[zac's mum]

Lacyjac\" post_id=\"1989132\" time=\"1596499157\" user_id=\"174784:

I am staying 1-2km from Temasek primary.. difficult decision .. there is no number breakdown for sc distance to reference. 😥

Do u have any school that is <1km? If have, then go for <1km school is always the safest.

[entei17]

After 2020, I think it is likely that Primary 1 registration would be made fully online in the future as in this year.


Parents would have to adapt their registration strategy to a blind bidding after this year hiccups. Everyone’s best chance in any oversubscribed is the schools where you are <1km.

It saves the primary schools the manpower to man the registration booths for the entire process and save them the trouble from the incessant phone calls to get updates of the number of applicants for each phase and for each distance. No one can get an unfair advantage from being more diligent to keep calling and taking leave on the last day of registration to assess where the best chances are. Fully computerised and transparent.

[En_ting]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1989129\" time=\"1596493106\" user_id=\"35251:

py85\" post_id=\"1989107\" time=\"1596463621\" user_id=\"39915:

But these we can’t even see the registration numbers on the last 30 mins 🤣

Suppose last minute, in that last one hour (3.30 pm to 4.30 pm) on last day of Phase 2C, a lot of SC within 1 to 2 km applied online, thus resulted in SC balloting within (1 to 2 km).

Then, how would SC more than 2 km realize that they must faster withdraw in time, go some other school in the nick of time to register since no more chance, if they have initially applied for the same school, say, on the first day of 2C, since now no more numbers are revealed (disclosed) to parents ?

This is very true. Can only say this year because of covid, they push everything online and should be a pilot scheme in a way. Perhaps few years down the road hope they will improvise their system allowing the distance category to be shown online to be fairer to parents and to make a wiser choice

[zac's mum]

entei17\" post_id=\"1989134\" time=\"1596499921\" user_id=\"162440:

After 2020, I think it is likely that Primary 1 registration would be made fully online in the future as in this year.

Parents would have to adapt their registration strategy to a blind bidding after this year hiccups. Everyone's best chance in any oversubscribed is the schools where you are <1km.

It saves the primary schools the manpower to man the registration booths for the entire process and save them the trouble from the incessant phone calls to get updates of the number of applicants for each phase and for each distance. No one can get an unfair advantage from being more diligent to keep calling and taking leave on the last day of registration to assess where the best chances are. Fully computerised and transparent.

It levels the playing field in the sense that no one can obtain the distance breakdown this year.

But, this non-transparency is a step backward. This year sudden move to fully online, maybe no time to upgrade the system.

Going forward, should improve the online platform to provide distance breakdown. So that parents can make an informed choice & not waste their 2C chance.

Same like how the DSA portal can be improved to show the status of the application. It’s not that difficult to do in this day & age.

[floppy]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1989142\" time=\"1596504757\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1989142 time=1596504757 user_id=53606]

entei17\" post_id=\"1989134\" time=\"1596499921\" user_id=\"162440:

After 2020, I think it is likely that Primary 1 registration would be made fully online in the future as in this year.

Parents would have to adapt their registration strategy to a blind bidding after this year hiccups. Everyone's best chance in any oversubscribed is the schools where you are <1km.

It saves the primary schools the manpower to man the registration booths for the entire process and save them the trouble from the incessant phone calls to get updates of the number of applicants for each phase and for each distance. No one can get an unfair advantage from being more diligent to keep calling and taking leave on the last day of registration to assess where the best chances are. Fully computerised and transparent.

It levels the playing field in the sense that no one can obtain the distance breakdown this year.

But, this non-transparency is a step backward. This year sudden move to fully online, maybe no time to upgrade the system.

Going forward, should improve the online platform to provide distance breakdown. So that parents can make an informed choice & not waste their 2C chance.

Same like how the DSA portal can be improved to show the status of the application. It’s not that difficult to do in this day & age.[/quote]

On the contrary, not providing distance breakdown IS THE FAIREST method. An informed choice and the concept of not wasting the 2C chance are the by-product of an unfair system. The whole idea is if you want to apply, go ahead and take the risk. However, if you take the risk, you may lose a shot at another school where another parent / family may get it. Having the luxury of picking / choosing is inherently unfair.

[zac's mum]

If don’t need informed choice then KSP forum will be obsolete liao.

[entei17]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1989142\" time=\"1596504757\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1989142 time=1596504757 user_id=53606]

entei17\" post_id=\"1989134\" time=\"1596499921\" user_id=\"162440:

After 2020, I think it is likely that Primary 1 registration would be made fully online in the future as in this year.

Parents would have to adapt their registration strategy to a blind bidding after this year hiccups. Everyone's best chance in any oversubscribed is the schools where you are <1km.

It saves the primary schools the manpower to man the registration booths for the entire process and save them the trouble from the incessant phone calls to get updates of the number of applicants for each phase and for each distance. No one can get an unfair advantage from being more diligent to keep calling and taking leave on the last day of registration to assess where the best chances are. Fully computerised and transparent.

It levels the playing field in the sense that no one can obtain the distance breakdown this year.

But, this non-transparency is a step backward. This year sudden move to fully online, maybe no time to upgrade the system.

Going forward, should improve the online platform to provide distance breakdown. So that parents can make an informed choice & not waste their 2C chance.

Same like how the DSA portal can be improved to show the status of the application. It’s not that difficult to do in this day & age.[/quote]

A bit out of point here. But you are advocating for an open bidding system like the COE Bidding system, where bidders can see the number of bids and the clearing price, so bids can be adjusted based on that information.

You have to understand why the COE Bidding system is set up the way it is. LTA does not want the COE price to fluctuate greatly and lose lots of tax revenue when $0 COE happens way too often than they like. In a blind COE bidding, distributors are likely to bid what they can pay and are less prone to manipulations by the oligopolistic car market. The open COE Bidding system is a win-win for the government (tax revenue) and car distributors (profits) at the expense of car owners.