[Central] Primary Schools

[crusader]

sglady:

Erm... Last year, I checked with the admin staff whether our application has to be in their system by 4.30pm. They told me that so long if we reach before 4.30pm, they will have to register us in the system. That's what I was told.

Thanks for sharing.

In your case by the time you arrived, your de-registration had most likely been updated in MOE's system. As such you were eligible to register.

Not so for the last applicant in ACJS as staff could not have proceeded with registration as his de-registration in PS was still pending. The chap arrived on time but was not allowed to register until de-registration was updated.

And rightly so.

Had it been otherwise, imagine the uproar from the other parents (who had registered earlier, some a day earlier) and were waiting anxiously in the JS AVA Room for the 4.30 deadline to expire with the magic number they were praying/waiting for - No. 47.

My queue no was 48 when I registered. And all 48 got in. 48 turned out all right after all.



Cheers

[crusader]

ckew:

Thanks very much to crusader for giving us the fuller picture and for writing to the school for the all inclusive request.

No worries.

In the end, MGS also had twins. ACPS topped it by having triplets (from what \"mummy bear\" had shared elsewhere).

So with all 3 Methodist schools having the exact no of parents and places - MOE had to do the sensible thing by waiving balloting.

What a perfect match! What an amazing coincidence! Congrats to all.

Cheers

[sweetbaby]

It’s not fair to ACSj phase c parents if the extra spot taken from phase c. as pointed by pirate, if the twins was pick first or anytime before last, a singleton will be balloted out instead. Will MOE or school allow the same leeway if this happens at phase 2c?anyone knows for sure that phase c slots decreases or a new spot was created?

[kasparov]

sweetbaby:

It's not fair to ACSj phase c parents if the extra spot taken from phase c. as pointed by pirate, if the twins was pick first or anytime before last, a singleton will be balloted out instead. Will MOE or school allow the same leeway if this happens at phase 2c?anyone knows for sure that phase c slots decreases or a new spot was created?

However unlikely it is to happen in a ballot, the possibility that the twins are picked last STILL EXISTS and herein lies the dilemma. MOE has perhaps mandated or allowed the flexibility for admission of all applicants in these borderline situations. Who knows we might get this fleshed out as a future modification to the P1 registration balloting rules since it happened to at least three schools this time round.

As for whether it is fair to take the extra spot from phase 2c, it is also a difficult question. You could see it from the perspective of all schools having finite places and short of creating a place which is a no-no at his stage of registration as far as policy directions go, the next straw is picked from the 2c pool. The 2b phase is seen as having higher priority than the 2c, so there you go. Having said that, when a de-registration takes place from earlier phases, the place goes to 2c instead of 2b.

Good question about how MOE will resolve the situation if this occurs in 2c. They may be forced to create a place in order to be consistent i.e. a ballot outcome in 2c is no different from other phases.

The perceived injustice by the 2c parents could be due to the fact that how the conundrum was to be resolved was not spelled out in black and white prior to the ballot so therefore admitting all applicants and limiting their 2c chances thus seems more 'concessionary' or 'arbitrary'.

[123boy]

Does St Margret offer Hindi as mother tongue under the ISPP program?

[kaisuDad]

sglady:

reillyveronmike:

from what i heard he made a big scene and principal let him register

The principal should be firm enough to stop him and relate the matter to MOE. No one is above the law.

Giving in to him will only cause unhappiness to the rest of the 47 pair of parents, hence more problem arises.

are these examples of volunteering at two primary schools? Suddenly they found their chances of getting into one primary very slim, so they rush down to the other primary school only to be slightly late?

[kaisuDad]

Chey… My dad attended ACS primary and I studied in Geylang Methodist primary, however we can’t use our affiliation anymore. A bit sad that my Children will have competed in non christian school.

[qms]

kaisuDad:

Chey... My dad attended ACS primary and I studied in Geylang Methodist primary, however we can't use our affiliation anymore. A bit sad that my Children will have competed in non christian school.

You studied in Geylang Methodist School previously? So, why do you think your children can't get in via P2A?

[kaisuDad]

qms:

kaisuDad:

Chey... My dad attended ACS primary and I studied in Geylang Methodist primary, however we can't use our affiliation anymore. A bit sad that my Children will have competed in non christian school.

You studied in Geylang Methodist School previously? So, why do you think your children can't get in via P2A?

sorry, what I mean is we are staying far from Geylang methodist, not feasible to attend that school, however we are near fairfield methodist, and ACS primary, although affiliated schools, we cant apply for 2A. Sadly, we have to settle for government school because even 2B for both Methodist primary are almost impossible to get in for us staying 1-2km.

[cheetian]

anyone knows the numbers of applicants as of now for ACSJ? within 1km…