2012 P1 Registration Exercise for 2013 In-Take

[BaconEgg]

Fully agree with the criteria in Phase 1. However why should \"guan xi\", connections with alumni, clans, churches be part of the criteria? Should proximity be the first priority so that the kid can go to school without the distance hassles? Nothing wrong with the current system if you have the any of the above associations but if you have neither a old school to fall back (cos old school closes down), no church, no clan, no PV with only distance proximity...


anyway its just my personal 2 cents....i am neither a happy nor unhappy parent at this stage..but am in the loop so that i know where i stand and whats my choices when my turn comes...

[dorisp]

PhoBIA:

Yes, it's the carbon copy. You got your choice school without balloting? :celebrate:

Went balloting but was lucky to be in.

:thankyou:

[MMM]

BaconEgg:

Recently on Today's Online - Voice, several articles on alumni system being unfair when it comes to Primary School Registration..any view? I personally feel its unfair..alumni system should be abolished to allow greater clarity..is there already a thread about this? Please move me there...

I suppose everyone will have different feelings depending on which side of the court they stand in.

My kids got into my primary school via 2A1. I thought it was great. It's that association with the school. Eg. kids singing the same school song, donning that uniform which hasn't change much, seeing teachers who were there during my time. Getting to know other parents who were from the school. As well as the pride we all have by being associated with the school. What's wrong with that? We share the joy together with our kids with their learning journey in the school. The key thing is that we feel for the school and I realised it goes beyond having it easy in P1 registration.

[Gecko]

Personally, I see nothng unfair about it ie the alumni.


One of my kids in SJIJ under 2A
and the other at St Nics under 2B


Gecko

[celestial75]

BaconEgg:

Fully agree with the criteria in Phase 1. However why should \"guan xi\", connections with alumni, clans, churches be part of the criteria? Should proximity be the first priority so that the kid can go to school without the distance hassles? Nothing wrong with the current system if you have the any of the above associations but if you have neither a old school to fall back (cos old school closes down), no church, no clan, no PV with only distance proximity...


anyway its just my personal 2 cents....i am neither a happy nor unhappy parent at this stage..but am in the loop so that i know where i stand and whats my choices when my turn comes...

I wldn't think Alumni is unfair especially to independent and government-aided sch. They have their contribution to their schs in some way i.e fund raising or any other ways.

For Church member, as a Catholic, we only have priority to the sch under the same denomination. We are at the same position like the rest in other school.

Of course, I wld like to have priority to Catholic sch over non-Catholic since it is encourge by Catholic Archdiocese. It's just like being SC, we would like to have priority over PR.

[Laura02]

I think priority for home address within 1km should be abolished. There is too much complaints about people who \"cheat\" the system. Even housing agent oso in on the system. They tell me buy undeveloped condo, use address to register dc, then sell condo before it TOP. LIddat oso got chance to apply for Nanyang, ACS, SCGS and other atlas schools. No la, I say, dc oridi in atlas school, no nid.


Oops! Dun try try and pray pray with this method hor. Other P1 Mummies will CSI and call \"Matar\".

:siam:

[qms]

CGNG:

Well, well.... dun need to get too heat up..... anyway thank you for your reply....


Hope you can understand the feeling of the parents that is \"100%SC, 100 sessions of PV, stay within 1km and tat school is the only walking distance school available\"

Not heated up. Just wanted to tell you the reality. You must also bear in mind the domino effect on the other schools if MOE really were to allocate the extra places back to P2B applicants.

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php in your balloting!

[usa-sing-1]

I think most of today's \"elite\" schools once started out as something average or not particularly noteworthy. As times change, perhaps parents' perceptions will change as well and schools that are considered average today may someday join the elite ranks....while others may lose their status among the best. With regard to alumni given preference, I see no issue with that. There seems to be intense pride and loyalty to one's school in general here...which I must admit is generally lacking where and when I grew up in the US (and the state school system I went to in New York was very highly rated). Of course, my primary years were in the 1970s!

[hanaraihana]

mrsteo:

Actually, What is wrong about this alumni system that you feel is unfair? How would abolishing it allow more clarity?


At every stage of registration, there will be unhappy and happy parents. It is hard to satisfy everyone.

i those who think Alumni should be scrapped.. it's really a pity to see some children have to be at the pickup location so early in the morning and travel 30 km daily just to go to school and back. Just because the child parents are an alumni to a certain branded school and home is like 15 km away...

distance should be priority after citizenship&siblings.. if schools are located really in those less populated areas, the instead of 1 km.. we can move the radius to 5km.. it's still less then 15 km!

[qms]

dorisp:

Went balloting but was lucky to be in.

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