S'poreans to get priority for P1 places during balloting

[LOLMum]

zeemimi:

http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2012/03/seven-new-primary-schools-for-2013-and-further-differentiation-and-outreach-at-p1-registration.php


Example 1: School A has 50 vacancies in a specific phase and 61 children applying, based on the table below.

Home-School Distance SC PR
< 1km 38 3
Between 1km and 2km 10 1
> 2km 8 1
Total 56 5

7As the total number of SC applications exceeds the number of vacancies, not all SC applicants will be admitted. The vacancies will be allocated to the SC children based on home-school distance in this order of priority – home-school distance is (1) within 1km, (2) between 1km and 2km and (3) outside 2km. In the above example, the 38 SC children living within 1km from the school will first be admitted, followed by the 10 SC children living between 1km and 2km from the school. After the 48 vacancies are taken up, the remaining two vacancies will be balloted among the eight SC children living outside 2km from the school.

8Example 2: School B has 50 vacancies in a specific phase and 54 children applying, based on the table below.

Home-School Distance SC PR
< 1km 29 4
Between 1km and 2km 15 2
> 2km 3 1
Total 47 7

9As the total number of SC applications is less than the number of vacancies in this phase, all the 47 SC children will be admitted first and PRs can still be admitted thereafter. The remaining three vacancies will be allocated to the PR children based on home-school distance in the same order of priority – home-school distance is (1) within 1km, (2) between 1km and 2km and (3) outside 2km. The four PR children living within 1km from the school will ballot for the remaining three vacancies.

which means for schools with ballating history, pr, i would say 99%, has no chance of securing a place.

[LOLMum]

:thankyou:


tokidoki and zeemimi.

[zeemimi]

php:

pr still hv priority, ie p1,p2a1, p2a2 and p2b.....over singaporeans register during the last phase...

at phase 1, all will be admitted.
at the other phases, as long as there is balloting, the new rule will kick in. but so far, have not heard of balloting at phase 2A yet.
the scene may change ....

[puff]

Those worse hit by this news will be PR who have already shift to 1 km of the popular sch n have done 40hrs of PV. …with the new changes they may not even stand a chance

[spikey]

Finally…u want the benefits, convert to citizenship…no more free loading and sitting on the fence…

[zeemimi]

puff:

Those worse hit by this news will be PR who have already shift to 1 km of the popular sch n have done 40hrs of PV. ...with the new changes they may not even stand a chance

sorry about that but ..... :rahrah:

although i have no more kids for P1, i think this is the right direction for MOE to move towards. It is long overdue.

[jenao]

verykiasu2010:

some PRs will just quit singapore, it will be singapore's loss in the long term, esp those we need the most, in exchange for some Pri One places for citizens

:siam: :siam:

Hmmm.....I think the most likely action plan for PR is to convert to citizen. Most of my PR friends have converted to citizen. It is not such an easy decision to just uproot and leave esp after you have established yourself in the country. Those who wanted to leave would have thought of leaving in the first place, not because of this.

Also, if you look at statistic, the impact may not be that great since not a lot of school have balloting at Phase 2B. Even popular school like Nanyang, Rosyth and Henry Park does not have balloting every year. The policy sounds good. As for the impact, can only be seen after this year registration to see how previously there was ballotting at phase 2B and now, no ballotting after eliminating PR.

[Tokidoki]

jenao:

verykiasu2010:

some PRs will just quit singapore, it will be singapore's loss in the long term, esp those we need the most, in exchange for some Pri One places for citizens

:siam: :siam:

Hmmm.....I think the most likely action plan for PR is to convert to citizen. Most of my PR friends have converted to citizen. It is not such an easy decision to just uproot and leave esp after you have established yourself in the country. Those who wanted to leave would have thought of leaving in the first place, not because of this.

Also, if you look at statistic, the impact may not be that great since not a lot of school have balloting at Phase 2B. Even popular school like Nanyang, Rosyth and Henry Park does not have balloting every year. The policy sounds good. As for the impact, can only be seen after this year registration to see how previously there was ballotting at phase 2B and now, no ballotting after eliminating PR.

But it is no longer so easy to convert from PR to SG Citizen. SG Govt has promised to tighten their selection critieria and i did hear a lot got rejected.

Sorry, but i also believe this is GREAT NEWS for SG Citizens! :rahrah:

[iRabbit]

puff:

Those worse hit by this news will be PR who have already shift to 1 km of the popular sch n have done 40hrs of PV. ...with the new changes they may not even stand a chance

No, the worst hit are those who shifted but did not do any PV at all. These people then really no chance if you're talking about any school remotely popular.

Erm, does that mean that the properties in the proximity of popular schools will drop eventually ..... thus inevitably dampening the whole property market as part of the trickle-down effect?

[guillemard]

Wow good news for me! M staying within 1 km. ( in fact the school is just downstairs, less than 3 min walk. )


But what if let say left 30 places at the last phase but there are 35 SC which are all staying < 1 km?

All will get in?

Ballot among the 35 SC?

Or go by who stay nearest get in first?