MOE Relooking P1 registration - Too much priority to alumni

[citygirl]

I’ve said my piece in previous threads and can only conclude - nothing would be fair in the eyes of all. But I thought I’d join in the fun with a proposal of my own. How about this:


Phase 1: for siblings of any child already studying in the school, or the children of staff of that school

Phase 2 (50% of remaining spaces after Phase 1): lucky draw at any school of your choice, with Singaporeans getting 3 slips, PRs 2 slips, foreigners 1 slip

Phase 3 (50% of remaining spaces after Phase 1): no choice - government to assign all who failed in phase 2 to nearest available school

And we abolish all affiliations from primary to secondary to jc.

*Parents won’t need to be exploited PV-ing
*Catholics/Christians/Buddhists/Muslims/Hindus can pray real hard they will get into their Catholic/Christian/Buddhist/Muslim/Hindu school at phase 2. If you succeed, God is great. If not, God has other plans for you.
*Alumni/grassroot leaders/clan associations also get a shot in the phase 2 lucky draw, together with everyone else - no distinction, no elitism. If you succeed, good. If not, appeal after the entire process and the truly active/outstanding alumni, grassroot leader/clan member will surely get priority in the appeal queue, totally at the discretion of the principal.
*Everyone will get a place in a school located near their house, unless they chose something far away in Phase 2 and was successful in the lucky draw.

Ok, bring on the comments/suggestions/criticism!

[hquek]

citygirl:

*Catholics/Christians/Buddhists/Muslims/Hindus can pray real hard they will get into their Catholic/Christian/Buddhist/Muslim/Hindu school at phase 2. If you succeed, God is great. If not, God has other plans for you.
.

Ok, bring on the comments/suggestions/criticism!

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: no disrespect, but it's funny and I quite agree. In my case God meant that DS shouldn't go to another school, couple that with parents' laziness to move house.

[citygirl]

hquek:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: no disrespect, but it's funny and I quite agree. In my case God meant that DS shouldn't go to another school, couple that with parents' laziness to move house.

Oops, I forgot to add the disclaimer: No offence intended to anyone. I'm Catholic and I pray really, really hard but sometimes, God has other plans for me. I'm just assuming everyone else is the same!

[phankao]

citygirl:

hquek:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: no disrespect, but it's funny and I quite agree. In my case God meant that DS shouldn't go to another school, couple that with parents' laziness to move house.

Oops, I forgot to add the disclaimer: No offence intended to anyone. I'm Catholic and I pray really, really hard but sometimes, God has other plans for me. I'm just assuming everyone else is the same!

It worked for us, leh. So far, we've always done it that way. We believe that if cannot get in, means God does not intend for it to be that way. Yes, pray, but never pray really really really hard, though.

[concern2]

citygirl:

*Catholics/Christians/Buddhists/Muslims/Hindus can pray real hard they will get into their Catholic/Christian/Buddhist/Muslim/Hindu school at phase 2. If you succeed, God is great. If not, God has other plans for you.

Citygirl, you're funny! I like!

[3Boys]

I vote for citygirl…

[LOLMum]

nms1:

The church & clan schools are classed as government-aided which means that they are only 90% funded by the government. The rest has to be obtained through fund-raising.

90% funded by govt......oic. where did u get this info?

[concern2]

3Boys, you're probably going to flame me for seeing too much into politics - anyhow, a thought came to me and I've shared this on the other thread:


http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32436&p=717495#p717495

[phankao]

phtthp:

how old is Heng Swee Keat ?

if he married like 5 yrs ago, most likely his child also enrol for P1 soon.
i suppose his child can go to any school in SG he choose.

He is 49yrs old (or 50yrs old now) with 2 children, don't know how old. Quite likely already in pri or even sec school already.

[nms1]

LOLMum:

nms1:

The church & clan schools are classed as government-aided which means that they are only 90% funded by the government. The rest has to be obtained through fund-raising.

90% funded by govt......oic. where did u get this info?

From what I remember from P1 orientation the ongoing costs are all covered by the government but it only pays 90% of the cost for new buildings and facilities.