MOE Relooking P1 registration - Too much priority to alumni
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LOLMum:
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.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? -
I support Citygirl's suggestion! :ugogirl:
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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! -
Daddy
Reviewing P1 registration actually contradicts what Mr Heng said about neighbourhood schools are also good. If neighbourhood schools are good too, then why MOE acknowledges the problems with the P1 registration process bought up by parents who obviously do not think that all schools are the same and only want to enrol their kids in a few good school.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_770194.html
\"Neighbourhood schools are good too:
As it is, there is no fair way to do this. No matter what MOE does, there will be unfairness even with proximity which will benefit the rich or PR. In fact, I am surprised that they are actually reviewing it. In my opinion, MOE shld not waste their resources reviewing something which cannot be fair, no matter how they tweak it. They shld spend time and resources in reviewing the education system to ensure that all schools get the same resources and bring up the standard of those schools to be on par with the so called good school. Then maybe parents will not place too much emphasis on which school they register in. -
jenao:
:goodpost: if MOE is looking into reviewing the P1 registration, then don't contradict by saying all schools are the same. Definitely not all schools are the same or else celebrities wont be doing PV or shift near hot schools in the hope of registering their kids.
Reviewing P1 registration actually contradicts what Mr Heng said about neighbourhood schools are also good. If neighbourhood schools are good too, then why MOE acknowledges the problems with the P1 registration process bought up by parents who obviously do not think that all schools are the same and only want to enrol their kids in a few good school.Daddy
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_770194.html
\"Neighbourhood schools are good too:
As it is, there is no fair way to do this. No matter what MOE does, there will be unfairness even with proximity which will benefit the rich or PR. In fact, I am surprised that they are actually reviewing it. In my opinion, MOE shld not waste their resources reviewing something which cannot be fair, no matter how they tweak it. They shld spend time and resources in reviewing the education system to ensure that all schools get the same resources and bring up the standard of those schools to be on par with the so called good school. Then maybe parents will not place too much emphasis on which school they register in. -
My (personal) guess is that any tweaking of the current system would be in favour of proximity (this does not mean that I support it as I truly believe it will drive up property prices within 1 km of popular schools). I am not sure, though, that it would be as drastic as to take out completely the alumni/old boy/old girl phase. So perhaps the outcome might be, retain the existing phases, but set a quota or cap on each phase as another forum writer suggested earlier, and if any phase is oversubscribed, then it is subject to priority/balloting by distance.
One benefit as we know, is less traveling for the child. Could there be another "benefit"? Would it possibly make those who live closer to the school "happier" as it means increased probability of getting into the choice school in their neighbourhood? I am guessing that the MPs that oversee the constituencies in which these popular schools are sited would likely support any policy change in this direction. This is because it would please Singaporean parents who live within 2km, Singaporeans who are probably the electorate in their constituencies. I imagine that since the GE last year, probably one of the pressing kpi’s would be to increase % voter support for the ruling party. So any tweaking of the P1 registration system could likely be "voter-pleasing". If that is the case, would further prioritisation by citizenship be in the works too? It’s anybody’s guess. -
concern2:
Very, very interesting view Concern2 brought up.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 -
jenao:
:goodpost:
Reviewing P1 registration actually contradicts what Mr Heng said about neighbourhood schools are also good. If neighbourhood schools are good too, then why MOE acknowledges the problems with the P1 registration process bought up by parents who obviously do not think that all schools are the same and only want to enrol their kids in a few good school.
As it is, there is no fair way to do this. No matter what MOE does, there will be unfairness even with proximity which will benefit the rich or PR. In fact, I am surprised that they are actually reviewing it. In my opinion, MOE shld not waste their resources reviewing something which cannot be fair, no matter how they tweak it. They shld spend time and resources in reviewing the education system to ensure that all schools get the same resources and bring up the standard of those schools to be on par with the so called good school. Then maybe parents will not place too much emphasis on which school they register in. -
if read newspaper report in between the lines which states that \"they will give details in due course\", there are a few possibility that can happen:-
a) announcement before July 2012 this year, in time for P1 2013 intake,
OR
b) time the release of announcment such that is in time before the next General Election due, to win more votes.
when is next General Election due ?
if election takes place in 2015, means 2007 batch affected.
if election takes place in 2016, means 2008 batch affected.
what do you think \"in due course\" mean ? -
This is getting crazy. No way we are going to move home just to get kids into preferred schools. In our case, we don’t have a choice. My husband and I are simply sending our son & daughter to our old primary schools i.e. CHS & RGPS to save all the trouble of balloting. Would have preferred to send daughter to St Nic’s because we are Catholics and live near Ang Mo Kio but probably stand no chance. It is just impractical and financially not feasible to move house. Am already putting on hold buying a 7 seater car and having a tough time squeezing the whole family in (I live with parents and maid) because of ridiculous COE prices.
Anyway, we are intending to be active alumni members (apology - RGPS’ membership is 5 times CHS’ not 10 as mentioned earlier). So will sign up for membership right now!
I am so thankful for my 2 adorable kids but really cannot imagine having any more children, juggling career, housing, car, school, maid…wave after wave of stress…thousand apologies for ranting!!!
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