2013 P1 Registration Exercise for 2014 In-Take

[magiccastle]

:slapshead: Too many foreigners in Singapore!

[dimsum]

phtthp:

gvyong:

Just checked MOE website.


1st day of Phase 3...

2274 kids vying for 1507 places nationwide!!! (if i didn't hv butter fingers on the calc..)

Only this year (2007 golden piggies) -
Total number of applicants exceed total number of Vacancies, in phase 3.

Never happen before.
Too many piggies looking for school.

I think it's due to the influx of foreigners, not because of golden piggies. I foresee this will occur every year from now onwards. Or is govt going to build more new schools?? Really a strain on resources...

[dimsum]

jinster:

Hi,


Anybody have any idea what will happen tomorrow as, according to the number of places VS applicants, there will be 767 children without a school? Is there a precedent for this? Will the MOE be forced to open up additional classes in some schools? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Too late for MOE to do anything. Open up classes but not enough teachers to teach. The children will probably have to go to international schools.

[pirate]

dimsum:

jinster:

Hi,


Anybody have any idea what will happen tomorrow as, according to the number of places VS applicants, there will be 767 children without a school? Is there a precedent for this? Will the MOE be forced to open up additional classes in some schools? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Too late for MOE to do anything. Open up classes but not enough teachers to teach. The children will probably have to go to international schools.

Or they may have to go home. It's going to get ugly today.

[iggy]

pirate:

dimsum:

[quote=\"jinster\"]Hi,


Anybody have any idea what will happen tomorrow as, according to the number of places VS applicants, there will be 767 children without a school? Is there a precedent for this? Will the MOE be forced to open up additional classes in some schools? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Too late for MOE to do anything. Open up classes but not enough teachers to teach. The children will probably have to go to international schools.

Or they may have to go home. It's going to get ugly today.[/quote]This serious... our educational infrastructure is not coping with the surge in numbers. I hope MOE is ready with a well crafted response.

[phtthp]

jinster:

Hi,


Anybody have any idea what will happen tomorrow as, according to the number of places VS applicants, there will be 767 children without a school? Is there a precedent for this? Will the MOE be forced to open up additional classes in some schools? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

You need another (767 / 30 ) = 25 classes, to accommodate them.
How to spread out 25 classes? Which schools expand class ?
Think tomorrow, can call up moe - ask where can these 767 kids go to ?
There may be more to enrol, because today only day 1.

But if all local schools are full house by end of phase 3, alternative is go international schools.

[phtthp]

iggy:

This serious... our educational infrastructure is not coping with the surge in numbers. I hope MOE is ready with a well crafted response.

How does moe predict accurately the number of foreigner kids to be enrolled each year ?

[floppy]

iggy:

pirate:

[quote=\"dimsum\"]

Too late for MOE to do anything. Open up classes but not enough teachers to teach. The children will probably have to go to international schools.

Or they may have to go home. It's going to get ugly today.

This serious... our educational infrastructure is not coping with the surge in numbers. I hope MOE is ready with a well crafted response.[/quote]\"If the number of applications exceeds the number of places available at the end of 29 August 2013, balloting will be conducted on 30 August 2013 at 10am. Places will be balloted according to the following order of priority:

1. Children who are Singapore Citizens
2. Children who are Singapore Permanent Residents
3. Children who are not Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents\"

Quite clearly, our educational infrastructure is more than capable to cope with no. 1 and no. 2. If an applicant belongs to no. 3, he/she has to be prepared to be left without a school in Singapore (other than international or private schools).

[floppy]

phtthp:

jinster:

Hi,


Anybody have any idea what will happen tomorrow as, according to the number of places VS applicants, there will be 767 children without a school? Is there a precedent for this? Will the MOE be forced to open up additional classes in some schools? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

You need another (767 / 30 ) = 25 classes, to accommodate them.
How to spread out 25 classes? Which schools expand class ?
Think tomorrow, can call up moe - ask where can these 767 kids go to ?
There may be more to enrol, because today only day 1.

But if all local schools are full house by end of phase 3, alternative is go international schools.

It is only an issue if the 767 children are SC or PR. If they are foreigners, just too bad. Unfortunately, you can't stop foreigners from registering and MOE doesn't guarantee every applicant, other than SC, a place in our local schools.

[iggy]

phtthp:

iggy:

This serious... our educational infrastructure is not coping with the surge in numbers. I hope MOE is ready with a well crafted response.

How does moe predict accurately the number of foreigner kids to be enrolled each year ?

Indeed it is an art. I wouldnt have thought that the Minister was referring to only sc or sc/pr child when he mentioned that there are enough places for every child just last month. As a parent, my heart goes out to those who may be caught in a limbo. Some international schools have long waitlist and not all parents can afford one.

If the trend is sustained without viable alternative, it may ultimately affect singapore attractiveness in eyes of a foreign family with children. Maybe its the system's own way of finding a new equilibrium.


http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/enough-primary-school-places-every-child-heng