[Choa Chu Kang] Primary Schools

[baby2momma]

hi anna, yeah...u can say tat again! i'm super kan cheong with a couple more days to go.....


but i'm still really wondering why the 2B for this year so low applications?? i think its the move for 2 years to teck whye. super inconvenient..... later on last day we all got 'heart attack' when the applications suddenly shoot up! :roll:

[Anna Ng]

For me, this is a "long term investment", if my elder is able to get in DLS, then my little one also can get in via Phase 1. 2 years suffers exchange for 10 years good schooling, really worth to. BTW, u got how many kid?


Or maybe Parent getting risk adverse, they worry that if they are out via balloting and at that time, most likely YT and Unity are full already, then they have to go to others schools. Since Unity & YW also doing well, then as well just register with them and secure the seat.

[baby2momma]

i hv two kids…a boy & a girl… but my bb girl is younger than my son by 5 years…the reason i wanna put boy in dls is due to affiliation with sji…tho of coz there is no guranteed proof tat my child will do well enough to get into sji. it all depends on my child.


i understood dls used to be one of the 1st tier school in cck; but hearsay fm hdb tai-tais tat standard dropped… but i like this school coz its a really old school & old schools normally hv better values. hence, u r rite in saying unity & YT has now improved vastly in their stds plus being relatively new school, they really caught up fast. my nephew is fm unity & he’s also in top class & i can see he’s doing well in his studies. fm him, i gathered quite lotsa info abt unity - but if i see balloting chances for unity so measly, can forget it…chances so slim…and if kena supp 2c, :x

actually i’m also contemplating - if day 1&2 lots of applications for dls, i may drop the idea n check out YT. I hv 3 choices and all within 1km; hence i really gotta weigh my one chance well!!! i really don’t wish my child to end up in a school not of my choice.

[Anna Ng]

What I can say is “torturing”. You really need to “monitor” the situation by calling the schools and check the registered no b4 any decision. I think the no will shoot up on the 3rd days, as really hard to make decision.

[baby2momma]

that is why i am only applying on last day…still weighing chances la…shld know roughly by 3rd day lunch hour la…is it registration between 8.30-11.30 & 2.30-4.30??

[Anna Ng]

should be 8 -11am and 2.30 - 4.30pm. Good Luck and sleep well

[Anna Ng]

Dear Baby2Momma:


I just visited the MOE web-site and try to get more details about DLS upgrading. And noticed that the news was released on 3 Jul 09 only. This mean that parent who registered their kid in year 2008 and b4 did not realized that DLS is shifting and they not able to re-act. In other word, the low registered no may indicated that parent tend to put off since they does not want to go through the hassle. Hope my analysis is correct.

[baby2momma]

tat's why i asked about the shift earlier.... i still believe 2B's no dropped drastically due to the confirmed shift....its a two years and it really is no joke honestly! i have heard friends who has kids taking school bus even tho school is quite near has to wake up like 5.30 am coz bus comes at 6.00am to ensure kids reach school by like 7.oo am!


but of coz parents who r insistent will still put their kids there no matter whether shift or not.

[Anna Ng]

the no of registered will tell the answer. For my case, my husband will send the kid to school, no need to take school bus, so the shifting is alright to me. Just hope this is the reason why parent put off.

[baby2momma]

hopefully our prayers r answered