MOE Relooking P1 registration - Too much priority to alumni
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limlim:
MOE's decision have to be based on the assumption that \"all schools are the same\".. :evil: :evil:[/quote]Har? Like that wait they just assign every child to a specific school nearby how?? :scratchhead:doodbug:
[quote=\"laughingcat\"]Distance to school is important. Getting into a good school in terms of environment and acedemic wise are equally important. I think most parents are in that mindset.
Agree. Hohoho. Wonder how MOE will marry all these different wants.... -
PiggyLalala:
Priority should be given only to alumni who stay within 1km of the school.
you are alumni staying within 1km of school?
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Off topic...
Opposite Maris Stella got 1 new property coming up... Confirm sell like hot cakes lor...
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Har? Like that wait they just assign every child to a specific school nearby how?? :scratchhead:[/quote]
I think so be it then…this in my view is the ‘fairest’ and guilt-free way for all parents, since it means that it’s all the fate of the child…I mean even if the parents deliberately stay close to a highly popular school, it’s still based on random allocation by MOE right? No more the confusion or twisting an arm or leg or breaking the law or looking for loopholes in all the different phases… -
sean wife:
Har? Like that wait they just assign every child to a specific school nearby how?? :scratchhead:
I think so be it then…this in my view is the ‘fairest’ and guilt-free way for all parents, since it means that it’s all the fate of the child…I mean even if the parents deliberately stay close to a highly popular school, it’s still based on random allocation by MOE right? No more the confusion or twisting an arm or leg or breaking the law or looking for loopholes in all the different phases…[/quote]
This is a radical suggestion and in many ways, I support it. It will 'equalize' schools again... But I think, politically impossible to bring this through! We're not starting from a blank slate! :hi5: -
limlim:
MOE's decision have to be based on the assumption that \"all schools are the same\".. :evil: :evil:[/quote]That is MOE's dream. In reality, we all know all schools are not the same.doodbug:
[quote=\"laughingcat\"]Distance to school is important. Getting into a good school in terms of environment and acedemic wise are equally important. I think most parents are in that mindset.
Agree. Hohoho. Wonder how MOE will marry all these different wants.... -
if all schools are the same, then don’t need ranking already
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[quote]whether he send his son for tutiton or not does not matter to me.What matters is since he says all neighbourhood schools are good too, then he should have just sent his kids or grandson to neighbourhood school since all neighbourhood schools are good.reminds me of the water tank in woodlands where they say clean already no need to change water tank intitally but then those who says that are not living in that block of flat[/quote]
Yalor, 针没扎在自己身上嘛，of course not pain. But of course, in his position, he has to say that. 听听就好，不必当真。 -
My view, as someone who didn’t grow up here but now has Singaporean children.
- I can see the argument for removing the alumni connection. I would stand to lose if it goes before the 2013 intake but I do think it is one of the things that promotes so-called elitism.
- Church/clan affiliation should probably stay as these schools do partially self-fund so they should be able to give some priority to their members
- PV should go. We did it for my daughter and were ballotted out. Yes, parents do have to show some commitment to do it which is better than the sleeping alumni but not all parents are able to do it or are given the chance. We were lucky that some friends knew the teacher in charge so she prioritised us and gave us the chance to do a few full days over the year-end holidays which meant we completed 40 hours in less than a week. If we’d had to do recess duty or something we couldn’t have done it as both of us work; no way I could be back at the school for 1 hour every day for 40 days!
- One question I have r.e. judging purely by distance. Are there any people who don’t live within 1km or even 2km of any school?
- Also, is the government prepared for the impact that a distance-only system would have on the property market. I grew up in the UK where your school used to be purely on distance so one side of the road could be under the catchment area for a great school and the other side for a terrible school meaning that the house prices would be totally different. Now they do allow people to give a choice of 3 schools (I think) then you are allocated to one of them which makes it a bit better but the problem is still there. -
My opinion is Phase 2A1 doesn’t really have alot of applicants honestly. And whether to scrap it off or not (and then merge it with Phase 2A2 to become a Phase 2A only), it’s still about the same group of people we are looking at in the end (i.e. old boy/ gal).
If we request Phase 2A1 and 2A2 to do PV, the problem is whether schools needs so many PVs in the first place. If no, then might as well limit the no. of spaces in Phase 2A. But prob, say must keep at least 50% of total space for Phase 2B and 2C rather, and then the rest can be opened for Phase 2A1 and Phase 2A2 applications? So for the not so popular schools, alumni staying > 2km can still get it the school so long as it doesn’t jeopardise the chances of people staying near the school admitting into the school.
Also, the criteria for old boy/ gal can be reviewed too. Currently, my understanding is that so long as you have report book / PSLE cert, you will be eligible for Phase 2A2. That means, even if you studied only 1 year in the school you can be eligible for Phase 2A? I thought there should be a clearer and better definition of this old boy/ gal. Maybe, must study a min. no. of years, or specifically must grad i.e. taken PSLE from that school. Otherwise, those who studied in 2 schools during their pri. school days would have like 2 schools to ‘opt for’.
Just my 2-pence opinion…
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