[Bukit Timah] Primary Schools

[Luanee]

sassy:

I did not mention taking the places away from 2C so please don't jump the gun.

That is why I said I hope the schools can up their intake. I understand that they are trying to keep the class to a maximum of 30 for pr 1 & 2 but they increase it to 40 come primary 3. A lot of parents at my son's school think 10 less pupils in the class does not equate to more time, attention or effort spent on them. That was the case for my son's school, I don't speak for the rest.

Physically, every classroom is more or less of the same size so I gathered the capacity to accommodate the students has not reached its maximum.

Understand ur frustration but i dont think it is going to be easy for the school to accomdate extra students this way just because of more applicants. If u want to accomodate extra 5 staying within 1km, what about those staying out of 1km? They may argue that since you can take in extra 5, what about extra 10, extra 20? It would be a no-ending and thankless job. And if u do that this year, how would it be in subsequent years? Everyone would be asking the school to accomodate the extra applicants every year??

[verykiasu2010]

Luanee:

sassy:

I did not mention taking the places away from 2C so please don't jump the gun.

That is why I said I hope the schools can up their intake. I understand that they are trying to keep the class to a maximum of 30 for pr 1 & 2 but they increase it to 40 come primary 3. A lot of parents at my son's school think 10 less pupils in the class does not equate to more time, attention or effort spent on them. That was the case for my son's school, I don't speak for the rest.

Physically, every classroom is more or less of the same size so I gathered the capacity to accommodate the students has not reached its maximum.

Understand ur frustration but i dont think it is going to be easy for the school to accomdate extra students this way just because of more applicants. If u want to accomodate extra 5 staying within 1km, what about those staying out of 1km? They may argue that since you can take in extra 5, what about extra 10, extra 20? It would be a no-ending and thankless job. And if u do that this year, how would it be in subsequent years? Everyone would be asking the school to accomodate the extra applicants every year??

in China, the standard class size is 50, and if the school / teachers receive incentives, the class can upsize to 60

(not saying it should happen here)

[Luanee]

verykiasu2010:

in China, the standard class size is 50, and if the school / teachers receive incentives, the class can upsize to 60

(not saying it should happen here)

Well I guess the class size of schools in rural areas of many other countries can even go up 100

[verykiasu2010]

Luanee:

verykiasu2010:

in China, the standard class size is 50, and if the school / teachers receive incentives, the class can upsize to 60

(not saying it should happen here)

Well I guess the class size of schools in rural areas of many other countries can even go up 100

not true, the class size in rural areas will not be up to 100

the school size is much less than 100

in certain places, Rmb 5000 can build a school library for the kids, and Rmb 50,000 can build a whole school with classrooms, toilets, teachers' room etc

[dine]

So happy. My dd got in to MGS through the balloting this morning. :celebrate:

I would like to thank kiasuparents and all who contribute to this forum for your support. It's hard for those that are not in the same boat to understand what we as parents are going through. The reply I receive from all of you really help during this stressful time. Even by reading others' post already provide enough support to know that there are some like-minded people out there that understands. Kudos to those who start this site.
Now, I can relax. Good luck to those in 2C!!

[qms]

:congrats: dine!

[verykiasu2010]

dine:

So happy. My dd got in to MGS through the balloting this morning. :celebrate:

I would like to thank kiasuparents and all who contribute to this forum for your support. It's hard for those that are not in the same boat to understand what we as parents are going through. The reply I receive from all of you really help during this stressful time. Even by reading others' post already provide enough support to know that there are some like-minded people out there that understands. Kudos to those who start this site.
Now, I can relax. Good luck to those in 2C!!

congrats!

so where are we to dine ?

[tankee]

dine:

So happy. My dd got in to MGS through the balloting this morning. :celebrate:

I would like to thank kiasuparents and all who contribute to this forum for your support. It's hard for those that are not in the same boat to understand what we as parents are going through. The reply I receive from all of you really help during this stressful time. Even by reading others' post already provide enough support to know that there are some like-minded people out there that understands. Kudos to those who start this site.
Now, I can relax. Good luck to those in 2C!!

:congrats: :celebrate:

hope you would continue to stay with us and share experiences.

[BigDevil]

:congrats: dine!


Time to dine and :celebrate: !

[KSP]

dine:

So happy. My dd got in to MGS through the balloting this morning. :celebrate:

I would like to thank kiasuparents and all who contribute to this forum for your support. It's hard for those that are not in the same boat to understand what we as parents are going through. The reply I receive from all of you really help during this stressful time. Even by reading others' post already provide enough support to know that there are some like-minded people out there that understands. Kudos to those who start this site.
Now, I can relax. Good luck to those in 2C!!

I can understand how happy u are though I didn't go thru it. It must be like striking 4D!!! :celebrate: U can relax for the next 10yrs.