S'poreans to get priority for P1 places during balloting

[MMM]

Just curious…


Will a SC staying outside 2km has priority over a PR who is staying within 1km???

I am alittle confused as it appears that only SC staying within 2km will have priority, otherwise it will drive a influx of SC registration of those staying outside.

[phtthp]

Yes, you are right!

SCs > 2km gain priority will enter first, before PRs < 1km.

there will be a major influx of SC kids staying outside 2 km from (North, South, East, West) direction, particularly under phase 2C who did contribute any PV at all.
Hence for super hot schools, PRs < 1km under phase 2C zero chance !

for super hot schools -
phase 2C for PRs is not applicable anymore, in reality.

read How the New Rule Applies
http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/pdf/20120325/ST_IMAGES_P1BLURBS26AW.pdf

MOE just quote you example 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 SC, 4 PR

Between 1km and 2km: 15 SC, 2 PR

> 2km: 3 SC, 1 PR

Total: 47 SC, 7 PR

As 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.

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

[jtoh]

MMM:

Just curious....


Will a SC staying outside 2km has priority over a PR who is staying within 1km???

I am alittle confused as it appears that only SC staying within 2km will have priority, otherwise it will drive a influx of SC registration of those staying outside.

Singapore Citizens have priority over PRs in situations of oversubscription. So the school will take in citizens first before considering PRs. So a citizen staying >2km will have priority over a PR staying <1km. Heck, even a citizen staying in Pulau Ubin will have priority over a PR staying next door to the school. :rotflmao:

[lim72]

mrswongtuition:

What type of PRs do we want? We want talented PRs, most importantly those who love Singapore & will stick around. Those who are not happy will leave, which also means, their heart isn't here.


Don't worry about 'losing' talented PRs over this new change. PRs who are really here to stay will simply register their kids in whatever available school, and put in their best efforts to make sure their kids overtake our kids. It's their resilence we should learn from. I'm pretty sure they will be like 'cockroach'. In Hokkien: Pah Buay Si!

:goodpost: Ya lor

[HVR]

jtoh:

MMM:

Just curious....


Will a SC staying outside 2km has priority over a PR who is staying within 1km???

I am alittle confused as it appears that only SC staying within 2km will have priority, otherwise it will drive a influx of SC registration of those staying outside.

Singapore Citizens have priority over PRs in situations of oversubscription. So the school will take in citizens first before considering PRs. So a citizen staying >2km will have priority over a PR staying <1km. Heck, even a citizen staying in Pulau Ubin will have priority over a PR staying next door to the school. :rotflmao:

Point well illustrated, couldn't be clearer and there is no doubt now is definitely Singaporeans first, PR later.

[phtthp]

i do not think there are many SC kids living in Pulau Ubin so far.


however there are Malaysian PR kids stay in Johor Bahru, study in Nanyang. Everyday, they wake up very early, school bus bring them into SG via causeway. In the past, their parents had clocked many hours of PV, so they managed to enter via 2B > 2km.

with new policy kicked in, PR kids > 2km can’t enter super hot schools like Nanyang anymore, from P1 2013 onwards.

[celinn]

VooVoo:

As you know we do hv PRs doing very well at PSLE, say PRs get pushed to \"not so popular / known\" school....we can start to see a shift in the \"top\" schools from the traditional ones to the relatively unknown ones

*agree* :goodpost:

[celinn]

phtthp:

the standard of neighbourhood schools will soon rise, with more PRs enrolled here, where parents very \"on\" type. This is healthy!


more China PR pupils like Qiu Biqing type will emerge.
She topped Qifa primary in West Coast:-
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20091223-187667.html

YeaH! thats what i am thinking too :goodpost:

[phtthp]

not just China PR kids, but also those Malaysian PR kids who wake up very early at dawn , school bus fetch them into SG to super hot schools like Nanyang.


This shows that these PR kids have all the determination, resilence and drive to succeed in life, their spirit undaunted - exactly the same kind of \"Never Say Die or Puay Bi Si\" spirit as Qiu Biqing determined type. They'll definitely push up the standard of the not so popular schools now. Teachers in these schools - time to wake up and work hard, bring up the standard !

MOE gladly welcome this, bring up the standard high high !
more neighbourhood schools will start to produce top PSLE students!

MOE working towards their long term objective slogan very hard now, \"All Schools are Good\", \"All Schools are Equal\".

[lim72]

I hope SC parents will put their children’s health in the top most priority by not subjecting them to "long-distance" travel to their parents’ ideal schools.


I have parents who stay in the North but enrol their children in school in the South! I really pity their children… please do not do this to our youngsters.

Thank you.