MOE Relooking P1 registration - Too much priority to alumni

[Imami]

limlim:

Imami:

Like that Non tax payers how? :rotflmao: ok ok, joking. I understand what you mean.

Are there non taxpayers around us? :evil:

Unless they grow own vege or rear poultry..... :evil: :evil:

But even then.. HDB, landed, water, electricity and such are all \"GST included\".. I guess..

There no escape.. :evil:

Ah, yes - that kind also count - indirect tax payers... Limlim, you \"very calculative\" hor... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: as an accountant, I don't even realize that (pay gst also tax payers).

[keroppi]

gvyong:

Personally I prefer We Are Singapore. I am wary of slogans that sound like \"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuehrer..\"

Good one. :rotflmao:

[limlim]

gvyong:

Personally I prefer We Are Singapore

By giving priority to alumni whose reason is \"strong belief/tradition\" etc.. aren't you hindering integration?

Group of the same type stick together. (pardon the poor English). We are religious A, we are clan B, we are this and that more than we are Singapore.

Why don't we promote integration and let different groups understand the culture of each other better.

Whatever it is, to want one's kid to follow a certain tradition is one's personal choice.

To have a policy that promotes integration and minimize the culture and religious differentiation is the govt's job.

[limlim]

[quote]Selfish own interest at the expense of others which I don't buy[/quote]
Applies to the alumni at the expense of those who stay near the school.

The same argument applies.. if the school aren't popular, would alumni be so keen to hog that place for their offspring?

Let's be honest and face it.. the desire is for the popularity. Not bcoz it is alma mater. There is plenty who gave up alma mater priority, so this, is fact, that alma mater is not something desirable by all or majority.


For the complain against others fighting for places in one's alma mater instead of going to their own..

By the same argument, Why don't parents focus on school in their backyard instead of fighting with others for the school in other people's neighborhood?

Next, there is ALWAYS a NEAREST SCHOOL for EVERYONE. but NOT EVERYONE have an existing Alma mater. So it is NOT fair to have alumni priority because not everyone has it.

[dorisp]

Well delivered piece, limlim!!!


:please:

[LOLMum]

There are also those who do not wish to go thru balloting at the later phases. Thus they will register under phase 2a be it a popular school or not.

[dorisp]

Some have argued for the review of priorities given to P2A not for the pure intention of getting their children into those popular schools.


They felt the P1 registration policy, which we understand is set many years ago, that gives absolute priorities to children of alumni regardless of their contribution and their home school distance, warrants a review, regardless of the schools it is affecting.

[MR06]

limlim:

gvyong:

Personally I prefer We Are Singapore

By giving priority to alumni whose reason is \"strong belief/tradition\" etc.. aren't you hindering integration?

Group of the same type stick together. (pardon the poor English). We are religious A, we are clan B, we are this and that more than we are Singapore.

Why don't we promote integration and let different groups understand the culture of each other better.

Whatever it is, to want one's kid to follow a certain tradition is one's personal choice.

To have a policy that promotes integration and minimize the culture and religious differentiation is the govt's job.

:goodpost: , must find time to copy all the gd pts fr both sides and present it as a petition. No Justice Bao then go to Minister Heng.

[Ed1975]

Hopefully Minister Heng dont just give lip service

[gvyong]

limlim:

By giving priority to alumni whose reason is \"strong belief/tradition\" etc.. aren't you hindering integration?

Group of the same type stick together. (pardon the poor English). We are religious A, we are clan B, we are this and that more than we are Singapore.

Why don't we promote integration and let different groups understand the culture of each other better.

Whatever it is, to want one's kid to follow a certain tradition is one's personal choice.

To have a policy that promotes integration and minimize the culture and religious differentiation is the govt's job.

I'm trying to envision the concept of \"integration\"....trying hard... :imconstipated: ...still cannot...

Actually, my post is to propose that all of us examine our beliefs/culture vs the focus of the religion-affliated/clan/SAP schools, before trying to get our children into these schools, because the alumni & their children going to these schools are very aligned with the core beliefs/culture of their alma maters.

So, for example (example only hor..pls dun flame me.. )
- an aetheist should not attend church and try to get a letter from the pastor for 2B registration;
- a mostly English-speaking family should not try to get their kids into a SAP school and force HCL upon their kids.

Such efforts are fake and the sufferers may likely be the kids who may become ostracized in these schools because they do not share the same religion or speak Chinese MT fluently enough, for example

I have no issue with practicing Catholic families wanting their kids to attend CHS or CHIJ, for example.

For past alumni of these schools who are not of the religion/culture (but managed to get in), if their experience there haven't been enough for them to join the religion or think/speak in Chinese instinctively (which will influence their children), they should seriously consider whether to maintain their legacies. It well may be this category of alumni who are causing the shortage of space in these schools.

Perhaps stricter controls on alumni priority may be the key, e.g. requirement for active church/temple membership &/or Chinese MT proficiency tests for ALL alumni who wish to claim 2A priority.