2010 P1 Registration Exercise for 2011 In-Take

[tankee]

To all fellow KSP members having Phase 2B balloting tomorrow



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Good Luck!

[jedamum]

meeyah:

Hmmm..I would not do away with PV but rather I hope MOE will recognise the efforts being a PV in school so maybe phase2B1 for PV phase 2B2 for clans/church/grassroot. Hahahaaa...that's my wish list which may be equal to fat hope.

i hope not.
clans and churches affiliations go back a long way.
grassroots involvement benefits the society as a whole.
PV? it benefits and school only and the PV-parent/child.

[janet88]

Meeyah,

2B1 for PVs, 2B2 for church/clan/grassroots
I think parents are in favour of this new sub-category but NOT MOE.
This will mean further breakdown of vacancies which I think MOE is not in favour of.
Under MOE rules & regulations, Phase 2B is for PV/church/clan/grassroot leader. PV selections are done by the schools. Selection of PV is also done by the schools, including the hours (40 or 80) to serve. Selection criteria is also something we don't know.
Easiest way for MOE is of course to lump all these parents together but rather unfair for PVs who actually take time out to serve the school. Bottom line is, it's getting tough now to be a parent. Agree ?

[sleepy]

When applying for PV (many years ago), I didn't sense any preference SAHMs over FTWMs. However, school expected PVs to commit 1 - 2 hours every week on a weekday afternoon. This may be a stretch for working parents unless their companies are flexible


One tip, it may be useful to attach your BIG BIG certifcates. Majority of PVs I spoke to have degrees, Masters degrees, double Masters, one even with PHD ! Perhaps the principal's selection logic was parents can study, children also can study?

please don't ask me which school

[singmathstutor]

sleepy:

When applying for PV (many years ago), I didn't sense any preference SAHMs over FTWMs. However, school expected PVs to commit 1 - 2 hours every week on a weekday afternoon. This may be a stretch for working parents unless their companies are flexible


One tip, it may be useful to attach your BIG BIG certifcates. Majority of PVs I spoke to have degrees, Masters degrees, double Masters, one even with PHD ! Perhaps the principal's selection logic was parents can study, children also can study?

please don't ask me which school

True, I think \"big big\" certificates play an important part in selection. I also feel that anyone who is in education industry will also be very much preferred, especially if the paymaster is MOE.

[BigDevil]

A big red GOOD LUCK to wish all having balloting today the best of luck!


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[meeyah]

janet_lee88:

Meeyah,

2B1 for PVs, 2B2 for church/clan/grassroots
I think parents are in favour of this new sub-category but NOT MOE.
This will mean further breakdown of vacancies which I think MOE is not in favour of.
Under MOE rules & regulations, Phase 2B is for PV/church/clan/grassroot leader. PV selections are done by the schools. Selection of PV is also done by the schools, including the hours (40 or 80) to serve. Selection criteria is also something we don't know.
Easiest way for MOE is of course to lump all these parents together but rather unfair for PVs who actually take time out to serve the school. Bottom line is, it's getting tough now to be a parent. Agree ?

I certainly fully agree with you..tough to be a kiasu Singaporean parent. Now I am eager to monitor how the balloting goes. Whether the 2 slips for Singaporeans really upz the chance as compared to PR... If there are many Singaporean parents not selected and more PR parents shortlisted, hahahaa...sure will have some commotions in the news.

[janet88]

Hi meeyah,

2 slips for Singaporeans. If the PR gets in on one slip, (no offence to PRs) , then he/she is really lucky. Anyway, expect to see tis in the newspapers tomorrow. I'm sure our PM is following the news too.

[3Boys]

jedamum:

meeyah:

Hmmm..I would not do away with PV but rather I hope MOE will recognise the efforts being a PV in school so maybe phase2B1 for PV phase 2B2 for clans/church/grassroot. Hahahaaa...that's my wish list which may be equal to fat hope.

i hope not.
clans and churches affiliations go back a long way.
grassroots involvement benefits the society as a whole.
PV? it benefits and school only and the PV-parent/child.

meeyah,
as you see, you can never have one policy that satisfies all parties. Point being, this can hardly be the fault of the gahmen, can it? As long as there are popular schools, there will be competition. As long as there is competition, there will be winners and there will be losers. It is the natural order of things and no amount of policy tweaking by MOE will ever get us away from that. As long as MOE provides the substrate of accessibility to a decent level of education as the base case, it has done its job, everything else is gravy. Expectations for even 'higher' levels of gratification is down to the individual and how much pain he/she is willing to endure to attain it.

[3Boys]

janet_lee88:

Hi meeyah,

2 slips for Singaporeans. If the PR gets in on one slip, (no offence to PRs) , then he/she is really lucky. Anyway, expect to see tis in the newspapers tomorrow. I'm sure our PM is following the news too.

I hope that the Singaporean parents who lose out in ballots to PRs will take it in good grace and not agitate.