[Bedok] Primary Schools

[BigDevil]

cheerbear:

my hubby is from temasek pri (he is not in the alumni) but we stay more than 2km away. wat is my chance like?

Phase 2A2 - 99% confirmed....provided he can find his report book or cert or some kind of proofs.

[cheerbear]

BigDevil:

cheerbear:

my hubby is from temasek pri (he is not in the alumni) but we stay more than 2km away. wat is my chance like?

Phase 2A2 - 99% confirmed....provided he can find his report book or cert or some kind of proofs.

i think he got his PSLE cert but he is not in the alumni leh.. so phase 2A2 can confirm ah?

[phtthp]

ask yr husband go down MOE customer service department at Buona Vista during office hours - pay $10, request MOE to re-print another certified authorized copy - with the name of his primary school appearing on the PSLE certificate, this time round. That was what i did, half a year ago.


because if your husband graduated before a certain cut off year, his PSLE cert dun have the school name printed on it. Only for those who graduated after that certain year then got his school name printed on the cert.

what happens is MOE has a certain department whereby they can check to confirm by retrieving out the relevant computer database archived records (many years ago) - check to confirm whether your husband was an ex Temasek primary PSLE school candidate before.

just pay $10 will do - get the job done!
most impt is set your mind at ease, enter under P2A2 with peace of mind.

as of today (now), based on current MOE P1 enrolment registration policies - P2A2 not affected by distance at all, even if you stay > 2km.
Only 2B, 2C, 2C Supp, phase 3 - are based on distance.

[cheerbear]

thanks.. will ask hubby to dig the cert to see if the name of the sch is there..

[qms]

phtthp:

as of today (now), based on current MOE P1 enrolment registration policies - P2A2 not affected by distance at all, even if you stay > 2km.

Only 2B, 2C, 2C Supp, phase 3 - are based on distance.

Actually, this is not true. So far, we have not witnessed any balloting in P2A, not because the distance rule doesn't apply, but rather due to demand < supply.

Only Phase 1 is not affected by distance. From P2A onwards, so long as demand > supply, there will be balloting. Distance will then set in.

[chuaeil]

hi everybody,

is Bedok Green a good sch? cos actually i staying very very near and also everytime i see the student like not very good leh. Unless they are better now. If Bedok Green is really good then i will be very happy LOl cos i am staying just infront of the sch.

[fadlyn]

I am staying 1.2km away from Temasek Pri School. What are my chances to get into that school if I do PV? What better way to increase my chance to get in? Any other recommendations for a good pri school in Bedok? I’m keen to let my son take Chinese as 2nd language. Both parents are Malay. Though Red Swastika is within 1km, I am very disappointed when was informed that they only take in children who have at least one parent of Chinese race. Is this true? Or discrimination of race and learning opportunity for the child? My son is born in Y2007. We’re just one year down before official registration process.

[Oversea_dad]

Hi, we are sort of in a chicken and egg problem. We applied to become a PV for Red Swastika but are currently staying in a Jurong address. We could move to Bedok Reservoir area (within 1 km) as soon as they could confirm acceptance of our PV but we are not sure of our chances at all. No news from the school so far. Many of my friends said that it is extremely difficult to get in as it is. Some say must try the grassroot way as well. We like their Chinese environment very much because my son is now attending kindergarten in Nanjing and would definitely fit in better when he comes back to Singapore to start his primary school. It has been very difficult for us for the past few months to decide a suitable school for my son. Could any one advise?

[qms]

Oversea_dad:

Hi, we are sort of in a chicken and egg problem. We applied to become a PV for Red Swastika but are currently staying in a Jurong address. We could move to Bedok Reservoir area (within 1 km) as soon as they could confirm acceptance of our PV but we are not sure of our chances at all. No news from the school so far. Many of my friends said that it is extremely difficult to get in as it is. Some say must try the grassroot way as well. We like their Chinese environment very much because my son is now attending kindergarten in Nanjing and would definitely fit in better when he comes back to Singapore to start his primary school. It has been very difficult for us for the past few months to decide a suitable school for my son. Could any one advise?

When will you be registering for your child? To go by the grassroot leader way, you need at least 3-4 years.

As for PV, you may like to indicate in the PV application form of your intention to move wihin 1 km of the school. This will increase your chance of being selected as a PV.

[Oversea_dad]

Looks like we cannot go by the grassroot way. My son is born in 2007 so due for P1 registration in 2013 and ourselves as PV this year. We have indicated that we will move house to be near the school but we are anxious because we heard that it is even difficult to enter as a PV in Red Swastika. We have heard other schools have rejected PV applications outside their range even if the parents indicate their intention to move closer to the school.