Opinions of the Primary School Registration System
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Just take a look at our national primary school registration system:
Total no of primary schools : 180
Total no of schools requiring balloting : 83 i.e. almost 50% of our national schools need to ballot to get in. We are not talking about kiasu parents clamouring for a few top popular schools anymore.
Out of those 83 schools, 62 require balloting within 1km i.e. almost 75%.
And we are talking of a declining birthrate over the years. Balloting has become common place in our public education system. But education is not a hello kitty toy that we may desire but can do without. When policy makers make its citizens wrestle for a basic need, a public good, it is catastrophic IMO. -
1amber:
:? I am struggling to understand
And we are talking of a declining birthrate over the years. This is a policy mistake at a national level. -
tankee:
in that case all children are equals
it is not about the parents, but the children.Khordan:
Just curious...
These are two real-life scenarios.
1) A is a Malaysian citizen with Singapore PR. He has studied in Singapore since primary school (he was an ASEAN scholar) all the way to NUS. Since graduation, he has worked in Singapore and has since married a Singapore citizen. His kids were born before the law was changed so his children are Malaysian citizens and Singapore PRs. He does not wish to change his citizenship as he is proud to be a Malaysian but calls Singapore home as this is where his family is.
2) B is a Singapore citizen. After NS, he went to US for his University degree and has worked in the US since. He married an American citizen but never renounced his Singapore citizenship (not because of any loyalty to Singapore, just that there as no reason to convert). His children are thus entitled to Singapore citizenship. He is considering sending his kids to Singapore to study because he thinks the US system is crap. He has family here who can help to take care of them.
So, are we saying that B is more worthy of a place in a Singapore school compared to A, even if B has contributed NOTHING to Singapore (even through taxes) while A has been contributing to Singapore for his entire adult life?
okay, bricks start flying at me
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verykiasu2010:
:rotflmao: grabbing Captain America's shield for you
in that case all children are equals
okay, bricks start flying at me -
3Boys:
Maybe 1amber is talking about the PR policy.
:? I am struggling to understand1amber:
And we are talking of a declining birthrate over the years. This is a policy mistake at a national level. -
Does it matter now? No more! We, Singaporean, just want a place to study in a school that is near home! Why must it be so difficult? Why? How to have more babies? We are not like rich ppl from else where can emmigrate to other’s country as they wish.
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i was talking to a PR colleague and she mentioned that her gal get into MGS under a balloting situation a few years back. Now her younger gal just followed thru under phase 1A. Sorry to be selfish but I felt very uncomfortable hearing it because i had many Singaporeans friends needed to go thru balloting this time. I felt even more uncomfortable when I heard from my PR neighbour that her son got into ACS last year. She has 3 sons so the 1st one got in and subsequently, the other 2 will go through under Phase 1. It is a bonus for them because they never even buy a place near ACS- they rent it. Nothing wrong with them - it is the System! Need Mr Heng help to implement new rule.
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Haiz…I am also a "victim" of this problem: Staying just opposite XXX primary school( 1 min walk ONLY!! ), got ballot out some years back and my poor child now has to travel several kilometers away to study in a convent school. And yet, we have people from as far as the other side of the island coming to this school near my place to study. Crazy P1 registration…every year there will be tons of complaints ,but after ten thousand years…still almost no chances made. At the end of the day…someone will say "there is no system that will make everyone happy etc etc etc. True…but for many many years, many had enjoyed the way this system runs…it is time to change right?
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CayennePepper:
Maybe 1amber is talking about the PR policy.[/quote]ya lor ah ba den! :evil:
:? I am struggling to understand3Boys:
[quote=\"1amber\"]
And we are talking of a declining birthrate over the years. This is a policy mistake at a national level. -
The big debate over parent volunteers
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/mummy-failed-030329599.html
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