2012 P1 Registration Exercise for 2013 In-Take

[laughingcat]

phtthp:

hi laughingcat,


so have you decided which school for your DS1 - ACS or NYPS ?
one year down the road July 2012, you need to toss the coin liao!

Have not decided yet lor. :sad: Still thinking where to relocate. But first I must like the place and whether can DH & myself can stayed long term. Cannot just consider for kids only.

[Cars2]

laughingcat:

I have been reading the MOE guidelines very seriously. Should there be vacancy exceeded for phase 2A, balloting will occur. Has anybody read before that balloting occur for phase 2A in the yesteryear?]

Yes. For admission year 1990, NYPS could not absorb all its alumni. All phase 2A outside 2km and less than 3 kids were rejected WITHOUT even a chance to ballot. There were not even enough vacancies to go around. The cutoff was at Phase 2A AND the parents have 3kids.

That was under the watch of Mdm Ho Chin Geok's time. Lots of unhappy parents then. Hopefully, history will not repeat itself.

[Dorothy HM]

Anybody has children studying in North Vista Primary School. Care to share more about the school learning environment? Thinking of registering my girl for that primary school.

[phtthp]

hi Cars2,


to clarify, when you say 3 kids - are you refering to triplets born in that family can’t enter NYPS in 1990, or any family with >= 3 kids can’t enter NYPS under phase P2A ?

does this apply to all schools in SG (even up till today), or only to NYPS with families having >= 3 kids ?

[laughingcat]

Cars2:

laughingcat:

I have been reading the MOE guidelines very seriously. Should there be vacancy exceeded for phase 2A, balloting will occur. Has anybody read before that balloting occur for phase 2A in the yesteryear?]

Yes. For admission year 1990, NYPS could not absorb all its alumni. All phase 2A outside 2km and less than 3 kids were rejected WITHOUT even a chance to ballot. There were not even enough vacancies to go around. The cutoff was at Phase 2A AND the parents have 3kids.

That was under the watch of Mdm Ho Chin Geok's time. Lots of unhappy parents then. Hopefully, history will not repeat itself.

:yikes:

Cars2, thank you for the info.

[Cars2]

phtthp:

hi Cars2,


to clarify, when you say 3 kids - are you refering to triplets born in that family can't enter NYPS in 1990, or any family with >= 3 kids can't enter NYPS under phase P2A ?

does this apply to all schools in SG (even up till today), or only to NYPS with families having >= 3 kids ?

To clarify, I am not referring to families with triplets. I am referring to an entire phase 2A where not all registrants were able to gain entry into NYPS. There were not even enough vacancies to allow a ballot process for families that had less than 3 kids (which accorded a registration priority during that time) and lived outside 2km of the school.

The school admission policy went through a number of changes over the years. In the 1980s, when the two child policy was in place, mothers who went through tubal ligation were given priority at P1 registration. Subsequently, the population policy was changed, and a 3-child policy came into force. In line with the population policy of that day, a family with 3 children was given priority during P1 registration on top of the school distance rule. Based on the vacancies available and the number of phase 2A registrants, NYPS could not take in everyone. So not all phase 2A registrants made it in that year.

Amazingly, that year was for children born in 1985 (NYPS had pre primary education at that time, hence registration was performed when the child is at age 5). 1985 was the year of the Ox, and the birth rate was not particularly high. Hence you can say it was indeed a freak result that consequently led to many many unhappy phase 2A parents.

[phtthp]

hi laughingcat,


compare ACS with NYPS, think there are more phase P2A(1) alumni parents from NYPS, than P2A(1) parents from ACS.

because NYPS is co-ed, whereas ACS strictly admit boys only.

maybe safer to choose ACS.

Thanks car2, for your interesting revelation history sharing in 1990!

[laughingcat]

yes that was my thought and that is why relocation to ACS would be a prudent choice in getting into the alumni school. BUT! Property around ACS is no CHEAP lor.

[Cars2]

Anyway, one of the parents who were unsuccessful was my own mother. She was terribly terribly disappointed. I was in RGS then, and my sister was not able to gain entry into NYPS. My mother had to scramble for an alternative at the last minute.


The story turned out alright though. My sister went to a neighbourhood school, got into the GEP programme at P3. My mom, still remembering the slight during the P1 registration process, chose RGPS over NYPS for my sis. And she emerged one of the top scorers for her year at RGPS with an aggregate score of above 280.

My mom always said that she pushed my sis extra hard to show Mdm Ho Chin Geok what she had missed. Till today my mom is still sore about the whole incident. :mad:

[LOLMum]

Cars2:

My mom always said that she pushed my sis extra hard to show Mdm Ho Chin Geok what she had missed. Till today my mom is still sore about the whole incident. :mad:

you girls did a great job and make your mum so proud.


but does mdm ho knows what she missed? if no, send her or school a letter.