Opinions of the Primary School Registration System
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GLORYmum:
May I ask what is a school registration system that is fairest of them all?
Ballot.
Alumni priority - 3 slips
Former P2B - 2 slips
Others < 1km - 1 slip
Alumni got biggest advantage, followed by the P2B group.
Fair rite..? :evil: :evil: -
limlim:
Not fair lah. The fairest is when everyone has equal chance. :nailbite:GLORYmum:
May I ask what is a school registration system that is fairest of them all?
Ballot.
Alumni priority - 3 slips
Former P2B - 2 slips
Others < 1km - 1 slip
Alumni got biggest advantage, followed by the P2B group.
Fair rite..? :evil: :evil: -
rains:
I feel that for your case shd put inside P1. They shd tweak the system and not group it under P2A.Those with siblings in the school will get priority in phase one and most people will support this phase because most people are not nuts like me who gave birth after an eight-year difference.
To me, phase one is also unfair - to people like me. My kid has a sibling, just that she will only register for P1 when the elder one has graduated from the primary school.
It's not fair to make people like me go through two rounds of madness. Yeah, we are the very very minority which most people don't care, so we have to suffer the injustice silently.
There are practical considerations. siblings, regardless of age gap, shd be in same sch. IMO. -
cherrygal:
Yes, of coz. If we're debating for a more wholesome system and not for vested interest.3Boys:
I propose the dismantling of the PV scheme, together with the alumni priority scheme. But it is clear from the statistics that the alumni priority is the bigger problem by far in terms of numbers.
Before we ask for such things to be removed, think thrice. If your kid gets into a good school later (by transfer due to good grades / GEP admission / entrance to a full school due to good PSLE grades etc), would you want this alumni priority to be gone when your grandkid needs to enter P1? -
No matter how much you argue here, I believe the govt won’t remove the alumni priority as most in parliament have vested interest. Their kids can enter the best schools because of this same scheme. They are the elites, mostly coming from good schools, now their children can enter their alma maters because of the existence of Phase 2A. It is here to stay.
I still think removing the PRs from earlier phases may help. PRs who studied in our schools and who have selfishly remained as PRs for >20 years just want to take advantage of our school system. -
cherrygal:
No matter how much you argue here, I believe the govt won't remove the alumni priority as most in parliament have vested interest. Their kids can enter the best schools because of this same scheme. They are the elites, mostly coming from good schools, now their children can enter their alma maters because of the existence of Phase 2A. It is here to stay.
If you must dismantle something, pls dismantle the PVs and grassroots.
It is not fair to dismantle some and not all. -
Agree.
Govt will not allow that since most of them graduated from branded schools. Neither will they approve the removal for phase 2B grassroots for political reasons. Wonder how many people got in via grassroots each year. The number we see is merge with volunteers, only MOE knows.
An interesting article - reply by MP on priority given to grassroots.
http://therealsingapore.com/content/mp-indranee-p1-registration-priority-are-given-grassroots-leaders -
Yah, agree Glorymum. That’s why I edited my post just before you quoted me. Don’t dismantle anything lah. Just remove the PR equation in this whole scheme of things.
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cherrygal:
Yah, agree Glorymum. That's why I edited my post just before you quoted me. Don't dismantle anything lah. Just remove the PR equation in this whole scheme of things.
Totally agree. This would remove a big number of PR from phase 1. -
I remember last year, someone said something to this effect, that it’s fine that for each phase, citizens have priority over PRs, but it’s not right to make PRs take the very very last that nobody wants.
It’s a personal choice as to why they choose to remain as PRs, just like how the overseas singaporeans have chosen to be. No Singaporean would call an overseas Singaporean selfish for wanting to remain Singaporean. In fact, they are called ‘loyal/patriotic’. But why are PRs in Singapore branded as selfish for wanting to retain their citizenship? That’s a different matter for sure but the bottom-line is: PRs should not be grouped with ‘foreigners’ to scramble for the supplementary phase that the locals don’t want.
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