MOE Relooking P1 registration - Too much priority to alumni
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puff:
If they don't stay near any school means they don't stay near any school. Any school to them is inconvenient. Their alumni is not necessarily the next nearest anyway.. so to them it is neither fair nor unfair as far as distance is concerned.
As you know there r places that is >1 km to 3 pri schs and there r place where the nearest pri sch is 1 -2 km away ( can someone verify is there places where nearest pri sch is more than 2 km away) how then is it fair to the stake holder who has no pri sch near to them.puff:
Why not those who already benefited give other citizens a chance instead of hogging on to that privilege?
MOE should aim to let all that has benefitted fr our pri sch edu system to be able to qualify under 2a ( isn't this also a way to put Singaporean first before PR/ foreigner) as for those parents whose pri sch is too far fr their house they could always choose to move nearer for their children well being or if they feel that their pri sch is not popular enuff they can always aim for phase 2b /2c.
Putting citizen first can be achieved directly via citizenship priority if they want to. Putting alumni first can put another citizen who stays nearby into disadvantage. There is no real citizenship priority by way of alumni priority. -
IMHO, the fairest method of them all would be via the good old 'tikam' method.
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vicki:
IMHO, the fairest method of them all would be via the good old 'tikam' method.
Oh yes \"tikam\"....those good old days
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Oop! Wouldn't this reveal my age? :yikes: -
vicki:
IMHO, the fairest method of them all would be via the good old 'tikam' method.
Yes it is fair..
But I'll rather go for something that has other tangible benefits..
Like friendly to the environment..
and less traffic congestion.. everyone, including the non-schooling population.. benefits..
Less stress on the already over crowding public transport system..
If I am the policy maker, I might juz take a break from the stressful debating between what is fair or not to different groups, alumni, clans, GRLs etc..
And look at what we can do for mother earth......
Or encourage healthy lifestyle for primary school kids, like WALKING.. :evil: :evil: -
Straits Times, 3 March 2012
P1 priority: Cut out parent volunteering, not affiliation
I WAS educated in a convent school for 10 years, and am delighted that my daughter is as well (in a different convent school). I am just as gratified that my son is enrolled in a mission school.
So the view in Tuesday's editorial ('Worrying about Primary 1') that affiliation should be ideally restricted to children whose parents had attended a school of choice or who are currently on its staff is, well, worrying.
For many parents and families like mine, religious affiliation is the primary reason for choosing the schools for our children.
But in the editorial's ideal world, my children cannot receive enrolment priority via affiliation in a mission school because my daughter would have to enrol in the convent school where I studied - which no longer exists.
One creed of the mission schools when they were established was to accept all Catholic pupils, an option that is getting more and more tenuous today. For parents like me, the school of choice is not an elite one or one that is academically superior, but a mission school whose environment embraces the fundamental values of my faith even as it educates the children and embraces pupils of all races and faiths.
If we must eliminate an avenue of priority, it should be the parent volunteer system which smacks of elitism, favouring well-off families who can afford a stay-at-home mother.
The system further disadvantages single parents who already are handicapped in raising a family.
I say this as a stay-at-home mother who is a parent volunteer in her son's school, after he enrolled.
Volunteering for 50 hours in a school, without guarantee of a child getting a place, is subtracting 50 hours of a parent's time which is better spent with her child (or children), perhaps on more meaningful activities - community volunteering activities, if you wish
http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_773078.html -
Straits Times, 3 March 2012
Respect and cherish alumni contributions
SCHOOL alumni should NOT be denied priority.
An alumnus' contribution does not begin when he signs up as an alumni association member, but starts when he is enrolled at school.
Most students contributed in some way: achieving good results, winning awards at public events or upholding the values of the school through good behaviour. Which is why calling an alumnus a 'sleeping member' is wrong.
In my last year in secondary school, we worked as a family to raise funds for a new building, even though we knew we would not benefit tangibly as we were leaving.
It did not matter as many of us knew that one day, our children may enjoy the fruits of our labour. Tradition and pride in one's alma mater should not be ignored and removed to satisfy others.
The Education Ministry should ensure that an alumnus' value is honoured and cherished.
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Yes, cut out PV, affiliation and Grassroots … but keep Alumni. These are stake-holders of school.
For me, our kids were enrolled in our alma mater - the traditions, the values I grew up are still a very big part of the school holistic education - since my school days, my parents were very supportive of the school programmes, donating generously to the school building fund, now I find myself doing the same thing. Every funfair, every fund raising, I would volunteer my time and money.
It’s a privilege to know that my children will be imbibing the same Christian values while receiving their education in the every same schools we graduated from. -
Keep Phase 2A2.
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Well, ur friend went in with her eyes wide open, didn't she? Don't think anyone forced her to do it. But I agree that PV scheme shd be scrapped. Total exploitation and no transparency...
happy to be mum:
agree to phrase out the parent volunteers phrase! i count myself lucky for not having to go through it!
but one of my gf, in order to secure her son's place...has already clocked more than 150 hrs and still clocking and that famous school in the east is super \"particular\" about their volunteer programme. To me...that is exploitation of the already stress parent's time! Time which they can spend guiding their own kids! -
keroppi:
Yes, cut out PV, affiliation and Grassroots ... but keep Alumni. These are stake-holders of school.
For me, our kids were enrolled in our alma mater - the traditions, the values I grew up are still a very big part of the school holistic education - since my school days, my parents were very supportive of the school programmes, donating generously to the school building fund, now I find myself doing the same thing. Every funfair, every fund raising, I would volunteer my time and money.
It's a privilege to know that my children will be imbibing the same Christian values while receiving their education in the every same schools we graduated from.
without the church/clan who started the schools, there would be no such traditions and values.
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