2018 P1 registration exercise for 2019 intake

[HHMummy]

Orb:

I think parents going through phase 3B are facing an agonising wait for the balloting results.


I’m wondering now that the balloting process if fully computerised and done at back end, why is there a need to wait almost a week for the results.

I can understand previously when it was conducted manually at the school as the staff has multiple logistics to prepare for the ballo like ball number assigned to atudent name/number etc etc
Maybe someone can feedback to MOE on this.

Exactly! Why need so long when everything is already computerised.

When the website to update on schools that require balloting after 2B was still not up by Monday morning, I emailed and called MOE. Maybe exceptionally for this dragon babies registration year, the aftermath of subsequent phases was too overwhelming for the backend to handle?

I can't imagine for 2C how its gonna be.

[Orb]

I’ve no issue with the backend balloting. And i have no stakes in this year registration (or in later years)… i’m wondering out loud about the process as i see this can be shorted now that its done backend.

[zac's mum]

There was some mention a few pages back, how some schools are still using physical “books” to check for distance category. And someone else mentioned, she never saw any computers in the registration room. So it seems some schools are not connected to the internet/MOE intranet.


I suppose these admin staff physically count the application forms at the end of the day, and report the total number to MOE. Then MOE updates their website with the total number of applicants.

Subsequently, when these admin staff got time, then they will have to key in the applicants’ distance data to the MOE intranet. Or email the list to MOE. Depends what computer era they are in. Lol.

That’s a possible explanation for all this delay.

Real-time, apparently, is not gonna happen anytime soon. And now, what with the recent hooha about hackers stealing patients’ data from the hospitals/polyclinics, it’s even more likely govt will be extra cautious in using internet connectivity. What if some child’s application data is hacked into and manipulated during the balloting? Big uproar.

[floppy]

Actually I have a different view. What’s the rush?

It’s not as if you got some other option or something better to do until Phase 2C starts. A couple of days won’t kill. Take it easy.

Unless you intend to know the results early so as to go around “consoling” the poor souls for missing out on the ballot... more days to gloat would be good :evil:

[seriallain85]

my guess is this is the first time they are doing the \"computerized balloting\". Maybe they are afraid that there will be a mess up somewhere so they left a bit of buffer time. If really mess up for some reason, they can still secretly roll the ping pong ball at HQ physically


It could be the case that they already finished everything within 24hrs but since they already announce the dates so they can't announce it earlier.

[calzz]

For some of us, it's the first time our kids are going to P1... naturally we will feel anxious...

Well, i guess that's the reason we are in this KiasuParents forum

[HHMummy]

calzz:

For some of us, it's the first time our kids are going to P1... naturally we will feel anxious...

Well, i guess that's the reason we are in this KiasuParents forum

:rahrah:

For me too 1st time and also this lottery if struck is for 2 girls so return is double.

[kristy13]

I need to know the outcome fast, so that can decide which student care to enroll my child in. Been shopping around, and it’s scary how kiasu parents are. Some student cares are already full for next year P1 intake.

[reiann]

kristy13:

I need to know the outcome fast, so that can decide which student care to enroll my child in. Been shopping around, and it's scary how kiasu parents are. Some student cares are already full for next year P1 intake.

Wow is that so? When I was considering RGPS the student care there does not accept registration until late in the year sometime in November! And it’s not about being kiasu but seeking a real solution to working parents and juggling Primary school children!

[kristy13]

reiann:

kristy13:

I need to know the outcome fast, so that can decide which student care to enroll my child in. Been shopping around, and it's scary how kiasu parents are. Some student cares are already full for next year P1 intake.

Wow is that so? When I was considering RGPS the student care there does not accept registration until late in the year sometime in November! And it’s not about being kiasu but seeking a real solution to working parents and juggling Primary school children!

The current student care my 2 elder kids are in is already full. I'm shifting houses end of the year, and went to the new area to look around. Checked with 3 centers, 1 is full, 1 has 4 slots left, and 1 just tell me they still have space.
I have a friend who submitted her registration late last year, for 2019 intake. :shock: