All About Home Addresses

[bigfoot]

I know of people doing just that. Move house to increase their chance of getting their kid into their desired school and then move out again once they secured their child’s place in that school. I also have friends who tried the rental route. It’s really up to the individual. I have moved house at least 6 times over the last 7 years (for other reasons and not because of securing places in pri school for my kids). So it is tedious moving (all the packing and moving) but not impossible to do it.

[smurf]

I don’t think there i just 1 or 2 people doin that. there are many. people who know how to go around the system and play with the system.


to parents who rent a house may say this is a fair game as they are more knowledgeable (to be able to know how the system works), but this is definitely unfair to resident who stay for ages.

[BigDevil]

I have a friend who rented a HDB near the kids’ school. But they 乖乖 stayed there for 9 years (2 kids). Their own condo was their weekend home.

[mummy of 3]

smurf:

I don't think there i just 1 or 2 people doin that. there are many. people who know how to go around the system and play with the system.


to parents who rent a house may say this is a fair game as they are more knowledgeable (to be able to know how the system works), but this is definitely unfair to resident who stay for ages.

Hi smurf, i also know that can rent to use the address but i have no $ to rent so im poor... Those can rent, of coz rich mah... But i dun like to risk as if u cant get in... I will feel :moneyflies:

[smurf]

but if u can get in, you will feel the $$ worth mah, tio bor? :imcool:

[tankee]

Ultimately it is more convenient and benefitial for the child & parents if the school is near to home.

[zakashi]

Called schools and most of them replied that they welcome all regardless of rented or ownership address. In this case, phased systems are meaningless. However, do read page 1 from this topic of the consequences.

[jtoh]

smurf:

not rich ppl lah, just some people who know how to get around the system.
frankly, what are the probability that these people would get caught? do you think the MOE people are so free as to go around catching those renter who rent a house and then planning to move out after getting into the school of choice?

Don't think that they are so hardworking...unless maybe someone 'tip' them off. and even so, I still don't think they will take action.

At least two incidents have been reported in the news where the kids were thrown out of their primary schools when the authorities investigated. One kid was thrown out in May just before the start of SA1s. Imagine the disruption and confusion caused to the poor kid.

[MadamOng]

tankee:

sky55:

I have a question with regards to the distance priority...currently, I'm staying at telok kurau, and will be entitle for within 1km for CHIJ (Katong) ....However, I will be planning to move out in 5 months time to a new place, which is 1.5km away from CHIJ (Katong) ....However, I will not be planning to sell off my current home, and will be renting it out for the next few years before my daughter is going in for primary 1 registration.


Being a kaisu parents, of course I will do anything to make sure my daughter gets into a good school...my plan is to re-use back my old address 6 mths before the enrollment, and after getting into the school for 6 mths, I will switch back to my new home address...Is this acceptable? I know that my intention is to try to use the within 1 km advantage, but still it's my 2nd home...and I have no plan to sell it in
If the above don't work out, then I will have to consider PV option....

Appreciate if anybody can give me advise and please don't condemn me for my intent as every parents will want to give the best for their kids....

what you intend to do is not allowed and if caught, the child may be transferred out to another school nearer to your actual home.

We are to use the address that we are or going to stay in during the time the child is in primary school. Not any of those that we owned but not staying in.

If I am in your shoe, I would stay put in the current house.

Well, my personal point of view is better to get yourself a property which is near the school that you want to enroll kids there, why?
Advantage;
1) no worry about being caught as this is your property rather than renting a unit there
2) no worry for sending and fetching your kids as just only walking distance away only
3) no worry in future if you want sell your property as the property itself can sell it own due to good school location

[TSL]

Hi,


I bought a unit in Yishun but i could only move in around Sep 2013 after TOP.

Should I register my eldest daughter using current address this June(for studying P1 in 2012)? then after moving to new address, do the school transfer?
Or I could register using my future address(I definitely need to stay for min 5years as it's a new EC)? If so, what should I do?

Pls advise. Thank you