All About Home Addresses
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JSHS23:
Registration is usually in Jul/Aug, so technically it's within 2 years. You should be able to use your new address and register in Redhill area.Hi all
I have a question to ask:
I’m currently staying at TPY, bought a place at Redhill which will only TOP in June 2021. My girl is registering next year and according to MOE ruling, I can only use my new address for the registration if it TOP within 2 years . But according to the date above, it is 2.5 years .
Does any parent know if I can appeal to MOE or can I apply for a transfer to the school at Redhill after admitting her into the tpy primary school?
TIA in your advice! -
galaxyraider:
It’s generally easier to apply to the school during P1 registration compared to transfer as transfer has many uncontrollable issues, especially if the school is popular, like availability of vacancy.
Registration is usually in Jul/Aug, so technically it's within 2 years. You should be able to use your new address and register in Redhill area.JSHS23:
Hi all
I have a question to ask:
I’m currently staying at TPY, bought a place at Redhill which will only TOP in June 2021. My girl is registering next year and according to MOE ruling, I can only use my new address for the registration if it TOP within 2 years . But according to the date above, it is 2.5 years .
Does any parent know if I can appeal to MOE or can I apply for a transfer to the school at Redhill after admitting her into the tpy primary school?
TIA in your advice!
You should write in to MOE to clarify as it should be based on date to registration to TOP like galaxyraider said - which means you are within the ballpark. -
Parents fined for lying about home address to get child into popular primary school
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/parents-fined-for-lying-about-home-address-to-get-child-into-9906246 -
zac's mum:
Only fined a few thousand dollars?Parents fined for lying about home address to get child into popular primary school
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/parents-fined-for-lying-about-home-address-to-get-child-into-9906246
I thought there was a similar case (2014?) and the Dad ended up sent to jail and the girl needed to be transferred out from the choice primary school. -
Yes maximum penalty has jail time. And child will be transferred out.
CNA article not very good. I found a better write up in Today:
Couple fined S$9,000 for using fake address to get son into school in Bishan
http://bit.ly/2rMAV2S -
zac's mum:
the child is p3 this year when discovered.Yes maximum penalty has jail time. And child will be transferred out.
CNA article not very good. I found a better write up in Today:
Couple fined S$9,000 for using fake address to get son into school in Bishan
http://bit.ly/2rMAV2S
what if he had been in p5 or p6 preparing for psle then discovered, would have been worse if moe transfered this child out at p5 / p6 ? -
lee_yl:
if just fined a few thousand dollars, let money solve the problem, sentence is ligher, compared to jail term.
Only fined a few thousand dollars?zac's mum:
Parents fined for lying about home address to get child into popular primary school
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/parents-fined-for-lying-about-home-address-to-get-child-into-9906246
I thought there was a similar case (2014?) and the Dad ended up sent to jail and the girl needed to be transferred out from the choice primary school. -
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zac's mum:
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2018/01/29/couple-fined-9000-for-giving-false-address-and-lying-to-police-officer-to-enroll-their-child-in-a-popular-school-in-bishan/
Someone commented that the fine was worth it since the child could continue studying at the popular school. I think this would translate to more parents resorting to the same scheme. -
galaxyraider:
Personally, the thought of having to lie bold-faced to a policeman...lying on the P1 registration form just for a chance to ballot...even if got the place in the school, forever gotta lie when the yearly time comes to update the school with the student’s particulars...forever gotta lie when during parties/chitchatting with fellow parents...with the specter of possible jail time over my head (who’s gonna look after my kid or explain to him while I’m in jail??!)...and of course, how to live with my conscience and how to face my own child, tell him that he gotta be a good boy etc every day when I see him in the school uniform...zac's mum:
Someone commented that the fine was worth it since the child could continue studying at the popular school. I think this would translate to more parents resorting to the same scheme.
That alone is enough to scare me silly. So I went the legal way. I need to face my Maker end of the day.
But to each his own. Don’t think the schools ain’t smart enough to spot such things though.
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