MOE Relooking P1 registration - Too much priority to alumni

[absolut_vodka]

Hmm… How is it irrelevant? You want to talk about equality here mah - how is it equal treatment to accord those living next to the school a place simply because the parents can afford to move next to the door? Like I said, if u were already staying there and the school moved in, it is a different story. But if you move there because you want your children to study in the school and given the current high property prices, those in the lower income families are still disadvantaged isn’t it?


I am coming from an alumni point of view - I contributed to the school when I was studying there. I represented the school in various competitions, helped raised funds every year (both for the school and organizations related to the school) and my batch of students help bring the school back into top 10 ranking island wide with our results (thus contributing to its popularity today). So why shouldnt I be accord this privilege?

[Nebbermind]

limlim:

but a system that weights heavily on heredity and connections just seems so wrong....

But if u take away the above, u will somehow also take away the school spirit...and eventually the school will become very ordinary.

Alot of time, the alumni reinforce and ensure the school spirit is carried forward...we see how some schools continue to be strong not only in studies but also in sports such as in athletics, rugby, swimming, soccer....generation after generation despite student, coach, teachers, principal coming and going...

juz my 2c

[zeemimi]

limlim:

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?

:goodpost:

[MotherHen]

Nebbermind:

limlim:

but a system that weights heavily on heredity and connections just seems so wrong....

But if u take away the above, u will somehow also take away the school spirit...and eventually the school will become very ordinary.

Alot of time, the alumni reinforce and ensure the school spirit is carried forward...we see how some schools continue to be strong not only in studies but also in sports such as in athletics, rugby, swimming, soccer....generation after generation despite student, coach, teachers, principal coming and going...

juz my 2c

I absolutely absolutely agree.

[absolut_vodka]

Again, it's coming back to the point of 'good schools' - if ur school has closed down or merged, it's most probably because of low enrollment and low enrollment probably because it was not a good school so even if it was still around, you won't want your child(ren) to enroll in the school anyway. Same with lousy schools. Technically, everyone has somewhat an alma mater (would it help if the govt assigns u a 'alma-mater' for the purpose of pri. 1 registration if urs has closed down so that everyone will have a 'connection' - probably not right?) if the school is decent, most people will want to use this connection... Its people without a good connection that is crying foul. So same with using proximity, it is still a case of 'have or have nots' so rather than advocating some group shd have priority over another, why not just say scrap the entire system and ballot everyone or just let the govt assign schools randomly? That would be the fairest, isn't it?

zeemimi:

limlim:

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?

:goodpost:

[verykiasu2010]

Nebbermind:

limlim:

but a system that weights heavily on heredity and connections just seems so wrong....

But if u take away the above, u will somehow also take away the school spirit...and eventually the school will become very ordinary.

Alot of time, the alumni reinforce and ensure the school spirit is carried forward...we see how some schools continue to be strong not only in studies but also in sports such as in athletics, rugby, swimming, soccer....generation after generation despite student, coach, teachers, principal coming and going...

juz my 2c

:goodpost:

[castanst]

but a system that weights heavily on heredity and connections just seems so wrong…[/quote]



Agree that this is not the perfect system but will it be so right if the system weighs on the amount of $$ you have in your bank account???

At least for now if you are an alumnus of Nanyang you still have a chance to send your child there even if you live in a small 3 rm hdb at CCK !..

[wayne lai]

Alumni is prioritized before grassroots/PV without any cap.


In future, there may be a situation (e.g. dragon year applicants) where the alumni takes up ALL the remaining spaces in a popular school. There will not be any spaces allocated for anyone else, regardless whether you are SC, PV, grassroots, or stay within 1km!

This intake will be siblings and alumni. Period.

Bring the grassroots/PV argument in ONLY after we have imposed an alumni CAP. We should continue to focus on old boys/girls until MOE has done something about this....

janet_lee88:

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 ?

[wayne lai]

And when you are NOT an alumnus of any popular primary school (which is the majority of SC), you can forget about aspiring for your children?


With a cap on Alumni admissions, I may still move from my 3-rm CCK flat to a 3rm Farrer Road HDB and sign up as a PV/GRL give my children a decent shot in getting in.

With alumni taking up the majority of the spaces left, I stand little chance...

castanst:

Agree that this is not the perfect system but will it be so right if the system weighs on the amount of $$ you have in your bank account????

At least for now if you are an alumnus of Nanyang you still have a chance to send your child there even if you live in a small 3 rm hdb at CCK !..

[absolut_vodka]

Provided you first have the means to upgrade to farrer road 3rm flat.

wayne lai:

And when you are NOT an alumnus of any popular primary school (which is the majority of SC), you can forget about aspiring for your children?

With a cap on Alumni admissions, I may still move from my 3-rm CCK flat to a 3rm Farrer Road HDB and sign up as a PV/GRL give my children a decent shot in getting in.

With alumni taking up the majority of the spaces left, I stand little chance...

castanst:

Agree that this is not the perfect system but will it be so right if the system weighs on the amount of $$ you have in your bank account????

At least for now if you are an alumnus of Nanyang you still have a chance to send your child there even if you live in a small 3 rm hdb at CCK !..