Give citizens priority in Primary 1 registration
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fallen:
fallen,
My son lost both ballots in Phase 2C and Phase 2C Supp. MOE posted him to a school more than 5KM away instead of the 3 neighbourhood school around my home. .
is the posting out before commencement of phase 3?
if not, it is a good reminder to future applicants that they should go for Phase 3 instead of relying on MOE to do the posting. -
jedamum,
If he can blame the system, why can't he look into himself first.
Is it fair to give priority to whoever done nothing ?jedamum:
To be fair, not many people can afford the time (adhoc) to do volunteer work, and not many people know that the schools around them are 'popular' and needs balloting for certain distance; some knew too late to do anything. so at this point, does having internet access and checking moe's website for school's vacancies help? surely those staying nearby have to take the risk to go for the nearest school of choice. some who 'preempt' balloting and went for 2nd nearest school are also taking the risk cos who knows other applicants may think along the same line too.tan_dave:
You had ample times to become volunteer in school of your choice.
I noticed that you manage to do posting here which means you have internet access, why can't you check moe website for the school's vacancies :? :?
Why did you gamble with your own kid's application :?
Why do you want to blame the system, you are the one who broke it
so does that mean that those who done so is gambling with their kid's application if he/she did not pv at that school next door?
congrats to you if you have prepared well for your kid's application or had the easier way of going through the alumni route. but do feel for those who found it too late to do anything.
personally, i feel it have no bearing to me as to whether pr have the same 'registration priority' as citizens cos my kids' applications are already over. want to thrash it out? wait for those highly educated far-sighted parents whose kids are due for registration in 5-8 yrs time to push for such a change. -
tan_dave:
Hi tan_dave!Is it fair to give priority to whoever done nothing ?
Do you happen to know fallen PERSONALLY? :?
If not, it is not fair to accuse him of doing nothing and expecting to be given priority in the P1 registration. You do not know his reasons for doing nothing, right?
Before you start accusing, please spare a thought for others, especially during this time period. -
qms,
Apology if i have offended everyone .... I must have !!
No, i don't know fallen personally.
I just get fed up with people making so much complaints and most of the complaints, well, are very petty one.qms:
Hi tan_dave!
Do you happen to know fallen PERSONALLY? :?
If not, it is not fair to accuse him of doing nothing and expecting to be given priority in the P1 registration. You do not know his reasons for doing nothing, right?
Before you start accusing, please spare a thought for others, especially during this time period. -
My son lost both ballots in Phase 2C and Phase 2C Supp. MOE posted him to a school more than 5KM away instead of the 3 neighbourhood school around my home. This is the type of assurance MOE gives to all Singaporean, there is always place for your child....however far it is from your residence is never MOE concern, good luck.
Hi Fallen,
Sorry to hear that you are not successful in Phase 2C & 2c supplementary stage. Perhaps you can try to put on waiting list or seek to transfer the child to your desired school at maybe 1 -2 year later.
Normally at P3 there would be some vacancies as certain group would transfer to take the GEP. -
jedamum:
if not, it is a good reminder to future applicants that they should go for Phase 3 instead of relying on MOE to do the posting.
Hi jedamum!
I thought that, after P2C, all unsuccessful parents would indicate 3 schools (that still have vacancies) that they would like MOE to post their children to? :?
Hence, for fallen's case, I can only think of the following circumstances:
1. Fallen's 3 neighbourhood schools did not have vacancies anymore after P2C;
2. Fallen didn't indicate the next nearer 3 schools to his house;
3. The school that is 5 km away from Fallen's house is the nearest school with vacancies after P2C.
In any case, regardless which circumstance, like what Titank suggested, the only way out is for him to put his child in the waiting list of the schools that are nearer to his house. -
Hi QMS,
Presuming those who were not successful in balloting of Radin Mas (2C) & Gan Eng Seng (2C Supp).Would all of them be posted to Blangah Rise Primary?
Maybe for Fallen's case maybe an exception. Phase 3 for Singaporeans & PR's still can go quene up or have to let MOE handle the posting?l -
Guess this serves as a good lesson
for us all that it’s best not to let MOE
handle the posting for us, especially
if it’s the distance factor we’re looking
into… have to thank fallen for sharing…
It was impossible for me to do PV back
then when it was time for DD to be
registered for P1, with another infant
to care for and for hubs who then had
to run some shift duties and also the
as the sole breadwinner, i’d rather he
kept his job than having to take frequent
leaves just to do PV.
As we know today, there are also PVs
who have been unsuccessful with the
school of their choice…
Having to register a first-born child under
Phase 2C can be quite a challenge if there
are few schools within vicinity of residence,
or higher intake in earlier Phases (meaning
less places available at 2C)… (etc).
I can empathize with fallen’s predicament…
and fallen… i suppose titank has shared gd
advise. Waitlist or swap when child is older.
If you wish for the convenience of distance
for your child. All my best…
In my opinion, your sharing is not a petty
complaint… different families would have
to go through different measures in
different circumstances of their lives. -
titank:
Presuming those who were not successful in balloting of Radin Mas (2C) & Gan Eng Seng (2C Supp).Would all of them be posted to Blangah Rise Primary?
Hi Titank!
My understanding is as follows:
Those staying in Bt Merah, if they are not successful in RMPS, GESPS, Zhangde or CHIJ Kellock, and distance IS a top concern for them, they would have chosen Blangah Rise Primary as one of their 3 choices. In fact, should be first choice because the other schools (e.g. New Town, Queenstown, Stamford, etc.) should be further in terms of distance. If they had chosen Blangah Rise, why should MOE not post them to this school since it fulfils the requirements - have vacancy and near?
Unless the parent did not opt for Blangah Rise, and instead, chose 3 other schools which are further away. If that is the case, should we blame MOE for posting the child to a school that is far away from the house?
Or, unless the parent chose Blangah Rise, yet the MOE didn't post the child to the school. Then, this should be an issue of contention.
Perhaps my understanding is wrong all along. -
what if the no. of parents choosing blangah rish exceeds the school’s vacancies? then maybe MOE tikam tikam allocate or they allocate based on distance ie if applicant A is 3km from BRPS and 5 km from XYZPS compared with applicant B who is 3.5km from BRPS but 7km from next available school, maybe MOE will let applicant B into BRPS instead applicant A? just my wild thoughts…
in any case, there is no course of appeal when MOE does the allocation. best bet is to go on waiting list for a transfer as someone mentioned earlier.
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