All About Primary Schools' Balloting History

[janet88]

anastashia:

i am going to send my child to primary school in 4 years time, but i feel i have to start reading up and knowing more about this education system. wat a rat race!!!!! Personally i am really not impressed.


Anyway, wish to get advice. My husband is from NYPS. So does that mean my daughter will automatically get a place in the school? I called up the school and they said MOST LIKELY i'll get a place for her in the school. And the school admin was suggesting my husband may wish joining the alumni to get a higher priority which cost $1000 for lifetime!!!

4 years is a long time, bcos MOE changes rules & regulations every now and then. But if your hubby is a former student of NYPS, your daughter will qualify under Phase 2A2, which until now is a 99% guarantee. As for alumni, it costs $1000 and a one-off. From what I heard, there are frequent meetings for alumni members, which is the reason why hubby's colleague didn't want to join as he has to go overseas often.

[verykiasu2010]

janet_lee88:

anastashia:

i am going to send my child to primary school in 4 years time, but i feel i have to start reading up and knowing more about this education system. wat a rat race!!!!! Personally i am really not impressed.


Anyway, wish to get advice. My husband is from NYPS. So does that mean my daughter will automatically get a place in the school? I called up the school and they said MOST LIKELY i'll get a place for her in the school. And the school admin was suggesting my husband may wish joining the alumni to get a higher priority which cost $1000 for lifetime!!!

4 years is a long time, bcos MOE changes rules & regulations every now and then. But if your hubby is a former student of NYPS, your daughter will qualify under Phase 2A2, which until now is a 99% guarantee. As for alumni, it costs $1000 and a one-off. From what I heard, there are frequent meetings for alumni members, which is the reason why hubby's colleague didn't want to join as he has to go overseas often.

the alumni is very very active and hence the robustness of the school traditions .....

[verykiasu2010]

dmonddd:

YEAH..heard about it. those principals will be hanged as evidence is obvious if an audit is done


like the chinese saying goes, egg no matter how tight chick will come out.

you can simply register someone as PV or church member or community member towards the end without real work done.....it is all up to the school and church..otherwise ppl will just attend one or two sessions.

okay, here you go :

If you have any queries on filing corruption complaints or if you need advice on your report, please contact our duty officer at 1800-376-0000.

http://app.cpib.gov.sg/cpib_new/user/default.aspx?pgId=216

Kindly please report the details and CPIB will contact you to assist in their investigation.

They will truly appreciate a PR like you

And all citizen parents who are genuinely within 1 km and are PV will also appreciate your whistle blowing and reporting.

Thanks in advance !

[ssbabudilip]

good discussion

[1place1dream]

Based on my personal experience, I have to warn that past history is only as good as reference but do not bet on it. It was more than 10 years ago and I still remember vividly.


Well we had invested in a property 350m from SCGS after reviewing all the good girls’ school and narrow down that SCGS is easy to secure through the ballot history. So we took it easy though we saw on website that registration for Day1+2 was already higher than available seats. We took it for granted that most must be from >1km.

We were in for a shock when we went in the afternoon on the 3rd day. The 76 registration were all in <1km and many were starting to pull out to go elsewhere. It seemed so impossible to have so many girls in <1km in that low-rise housing area. We found out later that many own a property in the vicnity with the same thinking as us!!

Anyway, we were the last one to pull out, after checking that we could get into NYPS that year without a ballot. And for the record, therefore that year SCGS did not have a ballot. Very misleading right?!

[jslow]

verykiasu2010:

the alumni is very very active and hence the robustness of the school traditions .....

My gal is in Pei Chun. Husband is an old boy so when I realised that I was too late to join the alumni, the staff at PCPS assured me that its ok. Cos whatever places are left after phases 2a will split into 2 and goes into phase 2b & 2c. Just that if u are in the alumni, u get to register in an earlier phase.

[janet88]

Hi jslow,

Yup, those in alumni register earlier.
Just wondering, will Phase 2A2 continue to be ‘safe’ for parents to register in the near future as well. This phase is for teachers who are teaching in school of choice, as well as siblings who have studied there and for children whose parents are old boys/gals. Will it continue to be guaranteed ?

[b2b3m4]

dmonddd:

it takes more courage for one not to commit fraud


declaring /writing in application form that they stay at residential address within 1km, 1-2km from school when they are not. truth will prevail when kids tell teachers, meet other parents etc etc etc

sign up as church/PV but inactive

normally, this will happen in 2B phases onwards.

With regards to distance, there's no worries at all. Esp those really popular schools, the administrators know their km off their head. In the application form, the school staff is also required to sign against the distance to school column to acertain its accuracy. A map is also hugely put up and the 1km, 2km circumference clearly drawn near the registration booth.

My fren called up this popular school off hand to check on PV. The clerk on the other end tells her tough bcos she's between 1 and 2km. The lerk can reply straight off the head, no checking required and she is right.

[vicki]

dmonddd:

the word active PV/church member is 'subjective'

some schools may be strict but some may not

Hi dmondd, just wondering - sorry wasnt really following the thread. Dont understand what you mean by 'subjective', cos for PV you have to put in the min 40 hours rite?

Also, church member, you have to either be baptised or have a pastor's letter??

[Iluvmygals]

Hi my first post…have been reading using wife account…finally set up one account for myself…


Do you guys realised that stories about who and who buying their ways to the school of their choice are never first hand account, not even a 2nd hand account…it is always i hear from A who hear from B who also hear from C that who and who buy their way into schools…

Honestly, if you are the one who bot your way into the school, would you tell? And if you dun tell and the school dun tell (for obvious reasons), then how would A, B, C knows?

I am puzzled…

But I do agree about the point of inactive church or associations members…Pbut PVs are real…they clock their hours…