2012 P1 Registration Exercise for 2013 In-Take

[laughingcat]

Cars2:

Having said that, all mothers are amazing people. Whether their kids turn out smart, successful or of good character does not make them any more or less amazing and self-sacrificing.

:goodpost: Well SAID!

[blurrish]

After reading all ksp’s views on schools. I can only say that while we know that all schools are the same, as a parent, we just want to ensure that we do whatever we can to send our kids to a good school. This is so that when the kids grown up, and for some reasons they did not make it big, they cannot blame us for not trying but only themselves for not working hard enough.

[1amber]

laughingcat:

phtthp,


Getting into GEP is not important to me. To me character building is more important. Don't want my boy to end up like Brandon Wey, the ex-PSC scholar. What sort of character is that.

Agree! :rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:

[Cars2]

blurrish:

After reading all ksp's views on schools. I can only say that while we know that all schools are the same, as a parent, we just want to ensure that we do whatever we can to send our kids to a good school. This is so that when the kids grown up, and for some reasons they did not make it big, they cannot blame us for not trying but only themselves for not working hard enough.

Haha agree!!!

Six years ago, when I wasn't even pregnant (and therefore could not understand the sentiments of being a mother), I was having lunch one day with an ex-colleague when she shared that she took on a $800k loan (a princely sum in 2005) to buy a property near SCGS, so that her child can get in. I recalled that she was telling me that her family finances were really tight and she took on tuition assignments on weekends to make ends meet. I was incredulous, and said she must be nuts to do this. She said the same - her child is not particularly bright, she needed to find a school that has secondary school affiliation, and she wants to do her best for her child. Never mind if she failed, but at least she had tried.

I couldn't understand then. But now I could.

Laughingcat,

Your child is very bright!!! Kudos to you!

[mummy of 3]

Cars2:

she wants to do her best for her child. Never mind if she failed, but at least she had tried.


I couldn't understand then. But now I could.

:goodpost: I totally agree

[1amber]

Before I became a mummy I couldn’t understand the trials and angst of mummies in singapore. I used to find it ridiculous that people would buy properties just to be near popular school. Now I understand. You will never know until you go through it yourself. I would do my best for my kid too. The rest is up to her.

[phtthp]

hi Cars2,


your son is due for enrolment P1 2013 ? you stay in Jurong ?

which school you eyeing ? Rulang ?

[jtoh]

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.

You mean in 1990 NYPS' total vacancy was filled up by Phase 2A, so there was no Phase 2B and 2C? It sounds incredulous. Because assuming NYPS has 300 vacancies (figure is just for illustration purposes), for all 300 to be filled up by Phase 2A, ie by existing siblings and ex-students?

[jtoh]

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.

So in those days, there was a limit set on how many vacancies there could be at Phase 2A? That's different from today.

[jtoh]

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:

Thanks for sharing, Cars2. Your sis is very bright indeed.