MOE Relooking P1 registration - Too much priority to alumni
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toddles:
actually, no point discussing this already right? the MOE announcement has been made and there is no change to Phase 2A or 2B. So 说什么都没有用。。。
still pushing for 'Next Change' .... you been to cinema ? -
toddles:
actually, no point discussing this already right? the MOE announcement has been made and there is no change to Phase 2A or 2B. So 说什么都没有用。。。
MOE has made a prompt solution giving absolute priority to SC. This has created about 10% more vacancies at Phase 2C, to the advantage of SCs.
10% more vacancies is about 30. -
10% take back from PR kids - give it back to our 2B, 2C SC kids.
10% … 30 pupils … can open another new class of SC pupils. -
You guys are arguing about giving priority to alumni members. Then what about grassroot leaders? Why are we mixing politics with our children’s education? We are coming back to the same question and they are more or less related. Do you see the picture? I doubt there will be any changes to these.
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The issue should not be focused on old boys/girls anymore.
As of this year’s P1 registration, Phase 2C will have another class of just 30 SCs once occupied by SC & PRs. New policy is with immediate effect, so much so that PRs do not have time to figure out what step to take next.
If there is any more unhappiness, perhaps look at grassroots. What does that group have to do with children’s education ? -
Since this is primarily an issue with the good schools which are all more or less located in prime areas, then I would ask the same question back to you \"why should your child be entitled to the school next door just because u have the means to move next to the school? - that is fair?
It would be a different story if the school was established in the location AFTER you moved in.
I would love to stay next door to my alma mater but I cannot afford the property there and my children should be deprived of an education in my alma mater for that? In my family, all the girls went to the same school except for my Sis - who went to a neighbourhood school 'next door' to our place for convenience. By the time she finished her PSLE (she is 7 yrs older than me)' my mom knew that she had to send me back to her alma mater because of the different standards. She even tried more than once to transfer my sis into my school but my sister couldn't get in due to the difficulty of the entrance exams. Fortunately, it all went well eventually because my mom gave her plenty of exams papers from my school (through connections) to help her bring up her grades and my sis' own hardwork, she managed to eventually graduate from a local uni. So I clearly see and know that my child has to go to my alma mater or at least a school of comparable standard.limlim:
Yes. this is a fair statement.beanstalk:
This is a need that may be as important to one parent as it is for another whose kid needs alot of sleep.
But,
WHY your needs have more priority than another person's needs?
THAT, is THE KEY ISSUE.
And from this principle, I say, alumni/associations/connection shd Not be given priority over distance.
Where distance is same, the alumni/clan/church priority is fine and fair. That, is my stand. -
toddles:
actually, no point discussing this already right? the MOE announcement has been made and there is no change to Phase 2A or 2B. So 说什么都没有用。。。
it is not issue of got use or no use.. we're just debating on what is a better system.
as mentioned b4, so of us here is already not affected by any policy changes and hv no vested interest. -
Just wondering - it’s done n dusted liao har? I tot the SG PR thing was the 1st change and there are more coming??
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vicki:
Just wondering - it's done n dusted liao har? I tot the SG PR thing was the 1st change and there are more coming??
Some are hoping for more changes!! -
I expected someone to say that.. but I will address that later.
worst case of a deadlock, made them equal priority. alumni/associations and <1km all same phase.
fair or not fair to be able to buy a nearby property, that is irrelevant. What is relevant is the child is ALREADY staying here. We need not consider how they get there, like we do not question how the alumni's parent got into that sch.
How about the same argument for those whose alma mater no longer exist, or is a lousy sch.. and is it fair that, given that they already attended lousy sch, their offspring is deprived a chance to attend a good sch next door bcoz all a large number of places is taken by alumni who stay far away?
Again, back to topic.. you are considering from a personal viewpoint to choose a sch to attend. But we have to consider from the sch viewpoint on who to give the priority, given that they are fighting for a place in the SAME sch.
If you are in a thread that is title \"which school to enroll\", then all your arguments on whether send to next door sch or alumni sch all are valid and willing to travel etc are all acceptable to convince pple which sch to apply.
But in this thread on who to give priority, your personal preference is irrelevant. you like to travel or not, that is your personal freedom.absolut_vodka:
[/quote]Since this is primarily an issue with the good schools which are all more or less located in prime areas, then I would ask the same question back to you \"why should your child be entitled to the school next door just because u have the means to move next to the school? - that is fair?
Yes. this is a fair statement.
It would be a different story if the school was established in the location AFTER you moved in.
I would love to stay next door to my alma mater but I cannot afford the property there and my children should be deprived of an education in my alma mater for that? In my family, all the girls went to the same school except for my Sis - who went to a neighbourhood school 'next door' to our place for convenience. By the time she finished her PSLE (she is 7 yrs older than me)' my mom knew that she had to send me back to her alma mater because of the different standards. She even tried more than once to transfer my sis into my school but my sister couldn't get in due to the difficulty of the entrance exams. Fortunately, it all went well eventually because my mom gave her plenty of exams papers from my school (through connections) to help her bring up her grades and my sis' own hardwork, she managed to eventually graduate from a local uni. So I clearly see and know that my child has to go to my alma mater and not just any school...limlim:
[quote=\"beanstalk\"]This is a need that may be as important to one parent as it is for another whose kid needs alot of sleep.
But,
WHY your needs have more priority than another person's needs?
THAT, is THE KEY ISSUE.
And from this principle, I say, alumni/associations/connection shd Not be given priority over distance.
Where distance is same, the alumni/clan/church priority is fine and fair. That, is my stand.
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