[Novena] Primary Schools

[ysl76]

Btw, I think there are many parents who may not be tuning into this chain of conversation. So we actually have no idea how many potential applicants there are for P2C SCGS this year. I am really hoping that the PR exclusion for this exercise is truly effective. Highly doubtful though.

[Ninja Turtle]

Risky to change your residential address if it is not your legal abode. It’s easy to find out believe me, other parents are always snooping around and it can be extremely humiliating if discovered. Horror stories of kids being kicked out of the school when discovered and parents facing prosecution too.

[Ninja Turtle]

ysl76:

Btw, I think there are many parents who may not be tuning into this chain of conversation. So we actually have no idea how many potential applicants there are for P2C SCGS this year. I am really hoping that the PR exclusion for this exercise is truly effective. Highly doubtful though.

Removing the PR element is going to have little to no effect. Singaporeans are your competition. 29 vacancies at 2c is the least it's been as far as published data goes . If you don't get in, then by the time it goes into 2c supp there will be no more spaces left even at plan B school, as this time round PR would have registered there at 2c phase itself after all the SCs more than 2km have got in. So we going to have to look at plan C ie reject schools which still have 50percent places when school term starts.. Quite scary this is our child's future.
Anyway good luck all those trying.

[steamystream]

Ninja Turtle:

Good idea to deconflict... at least we can get an idea of what our chances are... and whether it's worth risking our child's future on a ballot.. Unfortunately, I've just got back from a birthday party and found another 4 parents less than 1km applying at 2c. Also, over heard one mom saying she was going to use her parents address for application. This freaked me out... Surely can get into a lot of trouble if found out.... What do you guys think?

6 plus 4 more from the party makes 10
Anyway the party, is it in a condo near scgs? Haha!!! Make sense if they all live in the same estate.

[becknat68]

Make it 11 then… For my gal…

[zakashi]

Now 11 girls. Mine within 1 km. How about the rest?

[forevernikon]

Make mine 12. Within 1km. No backup plan available.

[Ninja Turtle]

But forevernikon- clementi is not within 1km of scgs… And if you are using parents or inlaws place as the address it falls within 1to2 km for registration purposes and not within 1km and a stat declaration must be produced.

[P1 mummy]

This is my first post - I have been reading the recent posts (from my husbands account) regarding prospective parents stating that its okay to play the system with open deceit and provide false information \"as long as you are desperate to get your child into a good school\". I have been living in Dunearn for over 8 years, long before I was a mum and had planned to send my girl to SCGS along a time ago. I legitimately live within 1 km of the school. I feel that it is absolutely wrong to use a grandparents/uncle/aunt/friends address as your own address and use it to apply at 2C (<1km). I would have liked to be a PV but my legal career does not allow me the luxury of time.


There are only 29 places available this year... a record low. I'm pretty certain that I am going to have to ballot with many people who like me are legitimately living within 1km of SCGS...but also many others who are applying under less than 1km but most certainly do not qualify. Just by changing your SingTel/Starhub/M1 etc phone bill or bank statements address and then using that document to change your NRIC address at a police post is clear cut fraud and illegal. If you are not physically using that address as your principal residence then it is illegal to change your IC to that address. Stay at home mums are not eligible to sign the MOE stat deceleration and therefore cannot use (parents/uncle/aunt/caregiver) address for p1 registration.

I have a very close friend working in the legal department of MOE and he is good friends with one of the vice-principals of SCGS. The final list of 29 parents is easily obtainable. If my daughter fails to secure a place at SCGS this year at 2C (<1km) - then I shall move heaven and earth to ensure that every single child's parent's are investigated. Based on the comments on this forum alone it is clear that I am likely to be balloting against some of you (who live >1km from SCGS ... clementi to bishan to Toa payoh...somewhere in Singapore). My line of work involves dealing with private investigators and industrial espionage on an almost daily basis... once I have the list of children's names and birth cert numbers it is just a matter of 1-2 weeks work at the most. In addition, the school bus company will provide the school and in turn to MOE with pick up addresses of all children and this can be cross referenced with the P1 registration addresses. The Ministry of home affairs has records of all NRIC address changes and can track those temporary changes (i.e. only changed a few months before P1 reg...then changed back to after school starts. Those who are 'legal' have nothing to fear. I refuse to allow some parents who are punching above their weight and trying to 'steal' a place from my local school and therefore deprive my girl of her entitlement. Some say the PRs and foreigners are the enemy ...reading these messages I beg to differ.

Unlike other countries...everything single piece of information pertaining to that individual is traceable through your IC number.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED...THIS IS NOT A THREAT.....IT IS A PROMISE.

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[LOLMum]

P1 mummy:

I have a very close friend working in the legal department of MOE and he is good friends with one of the vice-principals of SCGS. The final list of 29 parents is easily obtainable. If my daughter fails to secure a place at SCGS this year at 2C (<1km) - then I shall move heaven and earth to ensure that every single child's parent's are investigated.

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once I have the list of children's names and birth cert numbers it is just a matter of 1-2 weeks work at the most.

aint all the registration info of the students private and confidential?

easily obtainable? wow.....!