All About Pri 1 Registration for Foreigners & Phase 3

[BigDevil]

For those registering in Phase 3, please note that there are some changes from previous years.


Phase 3 used to be first-come-first served (hence parents / maid started queueing up at midnight), but this year, it is subjected to balloting. From MOE's website http://www.moe.edu.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/ :

New Phase 3 Registration
Children who are neither Singapore Citizens nor Singapore Permanent Residents may register at the schools directly under Phase 3 on Thursday, 25 August 2011. The hours of registration are from 8.00 am to 11.00 am and from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.

With effect from the 2011 Primary One Registration Exercise, balloting will be conducted in Phase 3 if the number of applications exceeds the number of places available at the end of the first day of Phase 3 registration. Balloting will be conducted on Friday, 26 August 2011.

After the balloting is completed, children who have not been able to obtain a place at their school of choice can go to another school with remaining vacancies to register on a first-come-first-served basis on 26 August 2011.

[celinn]

BigDevil:

For those registering in Phase 3, please note that there are some changes from previous years.


Phase 3 used to be first-come-first served (hence parents / maid started queueing up at midnight), but this year, it is subjected to balloting. From MOE's website http://www.moe.edu.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/ :

New Phase 3 Registration
Children who are neither Singapore Citizens nor Singapore Permanent Residents may register at the schools directly under Phase 3 on Thursday, 25 August 2011. The hours of registration are from 8.00 am to 11.00 am and from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.

With effect from the 2011 Primary One Registration Exercise, balloting will be conducted in Phase 3 if the number of applications exceeds the number of places available at the end of the first day of Phase 3 registration. Balloting will be conducted on Friday, 26 August 2011.

After the balloting is completed, children who have not been able to obtain a place at their school of choice can go to another school with remaining vacancies to register on a first-come-first-served basis on 26 August 2011.

hi,
Balloting will be conducted on Friday, 26 August 2011.<-- means we go to register on 25 august, and 26 august we have to go back to school for balloting result? when and what time we will know the result?

[BigDevil]

celinn:

hi,

Balloting will be conducted on Friday, 26 August 2011.<-- means we go to register on 25 august, and 26 august we have to go back to school for balloting result? when and what time we will know the result?

The school should be informing you if there is a need to ballot.

It's probably best to have one spouse attend the balloting, while the other spouse stations him/herself at another school which still have openings. Once the spouse attending balloting finds out that balloting is not successful, call the other spouse to do the registration at the alternate school.

[RRMummy]

BigDevil:

It's probably best to have one spouse attend the balloting, while the other spouse stations him/herself at another school which still have openings. Once the spouse attending balloting finds out that balloting is not successful, call the other spouse to do the registration at the alternate school.

:goodpost: Great strategy! :celebrate:

[celinn]

BigDevil:

celinn:

hi,

Balloting will be conducted on Friday, 26 August 2011.<-- means we go to register on 25 august, and 26 august we have to go back to school for balloting result? when and what time we will know the result?

The school should be informing you if there is a need to ballot.

It's probably best to have one spouse attend the balloting, while the other spouse stations him/herself at another school which still have openings. Once the spouse attending balloting finds out that balloting is not successful, call the other spouse to do the registration at the alternate school.

i did ask about it, whether can we go to 2 schools and ballot..but i heard the moe replied one of my friends, said ITS IMPOSSIBLE to join2 schools for balloting. i dont know how they control it , they need original documents for balloting?

because i thought i can use authorise letter to ask my friend to go to another school to get a 2nd chance.. but heard we cannot join 2 balloting.

if we are at malaysia, how the school informing us about the balloting?

another question, i heard on 25th august, we should go early rather than go there on afternoon, is that true? if we go on afternoon, are the chances same as those parents go on morning ?

[Pen88n]

celinn:

i did ask about it, whether can we go to 2 schools and ballot..but i heard the moe replied one of my friends, said ITS IMPOSSIBLE to join2 schools for balloting. i dont know how they control it , they need original documents for balloting?


because i thought i can use authorise letter to ask my friend to go to another school to get a 2nd chance.. but heard we cannot join 2 balloting.

if we are at malaysia, how the school informing us about the balloting?

another question, i heard on 25th august, we should go early rather than go there on afternoon, is that true? if we go on afternoon, are the chances same as those parents go on morning ?

If it is a open-to-balloting phase, whether you submit earlier or later does not matter as long as you submit within the registration time period. If it is a 1st-come-1st-serve phase, then submit early will get you a place instead of later.

[celinn]

then 25th is first come first serve or all balloting?

[jedamum]

celinn:

then 25th is first come first serve or all balloting?

25th is registration. no first come first serve.
26th is the firstcome first serve registration for those who failed in the balloting for 25th.

[jedamum]

celinn:

i did ask about it, whether can we go to 2 schools and ballot..but i heard the moe replied one of my friends, said ITS IMPOSSIBLE to join2 schools for balloting. i dont know how they control it , they need original documents for balloting?

because i thought i can use authorise letter to ask my friend to go to another school to get a 2nd chance.. but heard we cannot join 2 balloting.

if we are at malaysia, how the school informing us about the balloting?

another question, i heard on 25th august, we should go early rather than go there on afternoon, is that true? if we go on afternoon, are the chances same as those parents go on morning ?

celinn, i think you are a bit confused.
it is Impossible to join 2 schools for balloting in a same phase is because it is impossible to register at 2 schools during a single phase. registration is via a central system, so if you register at school A already, you cannot go register in school B under the same phase. so no such thing as go to another school to get a second chance for same phase. but if you refer to 2 different phases (eg phase 2c then phase 2c supplementary for second chance when you fail in phase2c balloting; or phase 3 then go 'first-come-first serve' queuing up on 26th aug after you fail in phase 3 balloting), then is possible.
maybe you can call the school to ask about balloting instead of waiting for the sch to call you?

[jedamum]

i am thinking...for phase 3, as it is not first come first serve registration on the 25th, maybe parents should not register so early in the day. maybe it will be better to wait until after lunch, then call up a few of your shortlisted schools to find out how many applicants have registered and tentative have balloting anot. some schools may be kind enough to say,'hey we have exceeded the number of vacancies and need balloting within 1km, so those residing outside this radius, pls don't waste your precious chance and do go look for other alternative'.

good luck to all!