Opinions of the Primary School Registration System
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eelsemaj:
Wow, I thought such \"pull strings\" tactics are not allowed in our righteous island. Do share with us when MOE does reply.
Yep, this is what all parents that I spoke to thought of, except caroline.ChiefKiasu:
With respect to the Ai Tong and Pei Hwa cases, I'm not sure what happened or whether it was a misunderstanding, but the idea of having deadlines on Phases is to prevent exactly things like that from happening. If you \"forgot\" to register in time, then you have passed up your chance to do so, and that should be the end of it. No excuse should be accepted either by the school or the authorities, otherwise, the whole system breaks down.
BTW, Ai Tong had said that it was MOE who advised them to take the places out of 2B for these 2 applicants who missed their deadline.
Still waiting for reply from MOE on this.
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eelsemaj
You have not commented whether you would adopt the same strategy if you are in 2A2.
"Yep, this is what all parents that I spoke to thought of, except caroline." Everyone have their own thoughts. You can voice your feeling of unfairness but I don’t owe you any judgement on this case. Ultimately, MOE/sch makes the decision. To me, this case is like "oh there is such strategy". Can use it or not depends on, in the first place, whether you have what it takes to be in 2A2. Followed by wanting to adopt this strategy or not. At this point, would you think of others in later phases? I think majority won’t.
If we are from later phases, just have to accept it because we don’t have the criteria. Rules/Decisions are made by MOE and not necessarily to everybody’s advantage.
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eelsemaj:
eelsemaj
Yep, this is what all parents that I spoke to thought of, except caroline.
I think you have misunderstood Caroline. I agree with Chief analysis.ChiefKiasu:
Now we know that these actually happened (or, was it a misunderstanding bewteen the school and MOE staff) and if this is widely circulated, parents can use the excuse \"forgot to register in earlier phases\" to get into their 2nd choice sch in the previous phase after they learned that they might have to go through balloting BEFORE registering their kids in their 1st choice sch in the current phase.
With respect to the Ai Tong and Pei Hwa cases, I'm not sure what happened or whether it was a misunderstanding, but the idea of having deadlines on Phases is to prevent exactly things like that from happening. If you \"forgot\" to register in time, then you have passed up your chance to do so, and that should be the end of it. No excuse should be accepted either by the school or the authorities, otherwise, the whole system breaks down.
I think Caroline was referring to those parents who might knowingly make use of this loophole / so call stratagy in order to get their kids into the school they desired. In this case, the excuse of \"forgot to register\".
Just like most parents who are in Phase 2C. They will wait and see the no. of registrants for the first choice school. If there will be a ballating carry out, these parents, after accessing their successful rate, might go for their 2nd choice school in phase 2C on the last day. Just that in this case, there will be no reduction in vacancies as you mentioned in your case for earlier phases.
Personally, after searching my heart for an answer to Caroline's comment of whether:caroline3sg:
But then again, what happens if you are in that person's shoes? You would want to maximise your chances, isn't it?
I think I might do the same thing to maximise my chances.
BUT then again, I'm in Phase 2C, so this is out of the question.
Overall, I have this feeling that the MOE staff who gave the approvals to the Schools might be underequipped with the knowledge in this case. :roll:
After you brought up your case with your MP, I think MOE will not allow this to happen ever, ever again...
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Hi all, amendment.... :oops:
caroline3sg:
I think I might do the same thing to maximise my chances.But then again, what happens if you are in that person's shoes? You would want to maximise your chances, isn't it?
BUT then again, I'm in Phase 2C, so this is out of the question.
Overall, I have this feeling that the MOE staff who gave the approvals to the Schools might be underequipped with the knowledge in this case.
After you brought up your case with your MP, I think MOE will not allow this to happen ever, ever again...
Heehee..first time posting...got some problem with the \"quote\" feature.. :oops: -
ChiefKiasu:
Chief, \"you hit the nail on the head\", the issue here is that the PV was taken out from Phase 2B from Ai Tong and Pei Hwa AFTER the Phase 2A deadline has passed...which is not suppose to happen and which is unfair to those parents and kids who qualify for Phase 2B ... in Pei Hwa case, in the end 7 kids were deprived of a chance to get in, instead of 5 if the 2 places was not taken out...I can imagine how the parents who missed out feel and most of them have earned it through the parents volunteer scheme....very sad!!jedamum:
...ChiefKiasu...perhaps you wanna separate these discussion into another thread?
With respect to the Ai Tong and Pei Hwa cases, I'm not sure what happened or whether it was a misunderstanding, but the idea of having deadlines on Phases is to prevent exactly things like that from happening. If you \"forgot\" to register in time, then you have passed up your chance to do so, and that should be the end of it. No excuse should be accepted either by the school or the authorities, otherwise, the whole system breaks down. -
So, isn't it time to re-look at the phase 2A priority? By enforcing the distance priority rule, the people who uses this \"strategy\" will be reduced. Such that, most students from the school, stay close by, isn't what the MOE wanted to achieve as it keep emphasizing to parents to register in schools close by?
The prices of houses in the vicinity of the schools will be driven up? Hasn't this been happening for years already?
Of course, any changes to phase 2A will not go down well with those people who treat this \"privilege\" as their gifts to their descendants. So maybe, next time, before going into a serious relationship, the question to ask your future partner is, \"which former primary school do you come from\"? :P. -
red rhino
MOE has reasons not to impose distance on 2A. One of them I can think of is, ex-students have gone through the same sch and would know the requirements/standards thus could help their children transit smoothly and handle the requirements. How many good pri students go on to good sec sch? A lot isn’t it? MOE’s objective is to churn out scholars to hold political posts. I, for one do not agree to impose distance on 2A.
With regards to the added criteria when selecting a partner, it is indeed a good laugh! -
hello
i just went for chong fu 2B balloting for those > 2km but was not selected.
there were 36 applicants for 26 vancanies. i am staying only 2+km away from the school and i realise many parents were from sembawang and woodlands etc. If the current balloting system is based on distance, why cant they have phases like for 2km-3km followed by 3km -4km etc? -
yippy:
Hi yippy, I'm sorry to hear that. It is unfortunate, but it was a worthwhile risk that you have had to take when attempting to go for Chongfu in Phase 2B. The system is not perfect, and will never be, as long as there are enough differences between Primary schools that makes some more desirable than others.hello
i just went for chong fu 2B balloting for those > 2km but was not selected.
there were 36 applicants for 26 vancanies. i am staying only 2+km away from the school and i realise many parents were from sembawang and woodlands etc. If the current balloting system is based on distance, why cant they have phases like for 2km-3km followed by 3km -4km etc?
It's time to move on and give Chongfu a miss, since it will be impossible for you to get into Chongfu beyond the hot zone of 1km in Phase 2C. A school is only as good as its students... and we know there are plenty of good students in Singapore given the great parents we find in this community of ours.
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I have another piece of news to share. Someone was the only one ballot out at 2B. The principal put him on first waitlist and told him there is high chance of withdrawal from earlier phases. So this withdrawal from earlier phases is widely known by principals?
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