Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary
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Scary:
Yup...I was told by former principal that she only knows the numbers of GRL on actual registration day. Since there is NO guarantee at 2B, all the more the number of PVs should be controlled.Janet, I also think 20 will be safe. However, seems that the school has been taking in around 30 or more. Church members have stabilised at around 30+ over the years. The P knows how many church members will register in Mar every year and she can warn the PVs again using this info. The surprise that PH get is only from the GRL on registration day, unlike the rest of the mission schools.
Daughter is in another mission school which doesn't accept PVs for 2B...so those who register in that phase are all Catholics. Can you imagine what will happen if this applies to Pei Hwa ? -
E3:
PH should just take away the place from the parent who complained. It goes against the spirit of volunteering! :mad:
I share the same sentiments. -
Scary:
To a certain extent, I do agree with both of you that capping the PV at 20 will increase the chance of them getting into the sch. However we should guard against the expectation that PVs are guaranteed places in enrolment. Is that what the newspaper article is trying to imply?Janet, I also think 20 will be safe. However, seems that the school has been taking in around 30 or more. Church members have stabilised at around 30+ over the years. The P knows how many church members will register in Mar every year and she can warn the PVs again using this info. The surprise that PH get is only from the GRL on registration day, unlike the rest of the mission schools.
Take the case of this yr's P2B registration, 70 applicants for 44 vacancies. I heard that in total 31 PVs managed to clock the mandatory hrs required. So even if we cut it (PV) down to 20, we'll still have 59 applicants for 44 vacancies. 15 people will still be disappointed, some of them will be PVs no doubt.
Here lies the danger. If all PVs expect to have guarantee enrolment, then for this yr registration, we cannot have more than 5 PVs. Since there're economies of scale in most things a sch does, having just a handful of PVs may not be worth the administrative effort from the sch's pt of view.
Hypothetically speaking, if the sch then decides to remove the PV scheme altogther - besides depriving the sch of much needed resources - there'll most likely be another big hooha about it not being inclusive, limiting P2B priority to mostly people from the presbyterian denomination.
It's a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. There's just no pleasing everyone. The moment we encourage the notion that PVs should have guaranteed places, we go down the slippery road of no return. -
The sch is really in a difficult position, simply can’t please all parents. Heard there are very persistent parents who keep asking to be reconsidered even tho’ they are rejected initially.
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Joyfulhands:
The sch is really in a difficult position, simply can't please all parents. Heard there are very persistent parents who keep asking to be reconsidered even tho' they are rejected initially.
yes, and they were asked to clock in 100 hrs, willingly accepted the offer, got their kids in and then finally released arrows....this reference only to some PVs... -
If the parent really felt so strongly that she had to go to the press… why didn’t she do so BEFORE the registration process?
I think the parents also have to know that their hours of PV is to help them qualify for phase 2b, they still have the chance to apply for another school at phase 2c… if they did not get accepted for PV, they only qualify for 2C, so it’s not fair to say that it’s a wasted effort… Many of these parents would have appealed etc to get the chance for PV, they went in with their eyes open…
Volunteering in Singapore is no longer from the heart… the adults do it based on the assumption of ‘guaranteed’ entry for their children… and the children do it for CIP hours… it’s quite sad actually… -
markfch:
hehe.. recently I was told, if u want a guaranteed place in Phase 2b or 2c, the only way is to visit the principal with a cheque book... dunno if this applies to Pei Hwa though... :censored:
It's a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. There's just no pleasing everyone. The moment we encourage the notion that PVs should have guaranteed places, we go down the slippery road of no return. -
Mrsbongz:
hehe.. recently I was told, if u want a guaranteed place in Phase 2b or 2c, the only way is to visit the principal with a cheque book... dunno if this applies to Pei Hwa though... :censored:
Cheque book? Got cheque book but no money here. Jim Rogers donated 6 figures to NYPS if not wrong and also to qualify for phase 2B as PV. -
Joyfulhands:
The sch is really in a difficult position, simply can't please all parents. Heard there are very persistent parents who keep asking to be reconsidered even tho' they are rejected initially.
Maybe the school should be persistent in rejecting too, so as not to disappoint the parents at a later stage with mugs throwing at them. -
php:
yes, and they were asked to clock in 100 hrs, willingly accepted the offer, got their kids in and then finally released arrows....this reference only to some PVs...
Sorry to say this, but what the hell ? Clocked 100 hours, after getting kids in and then shot arrows ? :mad: Ridiculous !!! I'm making this reference to the ungrateful PVs. Shoot arrows if you wish, I won't duck. There are many reasonable parents here who are able to tell right from wrong.
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