[Bukit Timah] Primary Schools

[sagacious.04440sg]

tungsten:

Luanee:

Vacancies for PHPS previous years:


2009 : 78 for 2B, 79 for 2C
2008 : 73 for 2B, 75 for 2C

Thanks for the info, anyone know how many PV this year? Thanks

The figure for 2012 is even worse. Only 28 vacancies for 2B and 27 for 2C. How to ballot like that? That absolute priority for SCs is all crap! Govt may already have done their calculations beforehand. It doesnt benefit SCs at all. Disappointing...

[sagacious.04440sg]

It is paradoxical that the govt is constantly encouraging S’poreans to have more children yet the number of vacancies available are shrinking by the years. Not to mention the no of classes are being trimmed each year to prepare for single session. Going by the demand of schools, the birth rate seems at a healthy rate!

[phtthp]

sagacious.sg:

Luanee:

Vacancies for PHPS previous years:


2009 : 78 for 2B, 79 for 2C
2008 : 73 for 2B, 75 for 2C

The figure for 2012 is even worse. Only 28 vacancies for 2B and 27 for 2C. How to ballot like that? That absolute priority for SCs is all crap! Govt may already have done their calculations beforehand. It doesnt benefit SCs at all. Disappointing...

regarding this Theory policy of \"absolute priority for SC\":-
need to find out from 2008, 2009 until 2012 todate (in a short span of 5 years history), within Phase 1 to Phase 2A2 itself, how many SC vs PR inside ?

issue is: how to obtain detailed breakdown of citizenship figures ?
how to make Pei Hwa school & MOE release these figures ?
at which point in time did the figures suddenly soar ?
is it really due to an increase in SC birth rate, rise in new SC convert, more condominum built or otherwise ?

Pei Hwa is not the only school affected this year. A number of other schools are affected as well too. (eg: Rulang, Henry Park, Nan Hua, Nanyang, ACS Barker, etc)

we need actual figures to ascertain & determine whether going forward into future - Absolute Priority for Singapore citizens need to be implemented across into Phase 1 and Phase 2A1 / 2A2 as well, besides affecting Phase 2B, 2C and other phases.

[Kagillus]

Actually implementing SC priority seems to be creating a worst scenario than not implementing it. PRs use sibling platform to get in phase 2a. Sigh… .

[Anxa]

Anyone knows where I can find last yrs results for 2b and 2c breakdown by the no of application for 1km, 1-2km and more than 2km for NYPS and HPPS?

[phtthp]

for NYPS breakdown: turn to page 223 (this thread)


for HPPS, it didn’t post on their website.
so ring up school or email them, unless some kind soul here can offer info instantly.

[Ribena48]

sagacious.sg:

The figure for 2012 is even worse. Only 28 vacancies for 2B and 27 for 2C. How to ballot like that? That absolute priority for SCs is all crap! Govt may already have done their calculations beforehand. It doesnt benefit SCs at all. Disappointing...

The policy comes late but in years to come we shall see the effect.

[teddy75]

Ribena48:

The policy comes late but in years to come we shall see the effect.

Fully Agree... and the effect will be more PR kids will take up Singapore Citizenship ??

[jwlng]

phtthp:

...we need actual figures to ascertain & determine whether going forward into future - Absolute Priority for Singapore citizens need to be implemented across into Phase 1 and Phase 2A1 / 2A2 as well, besides affecting Phase 2B, 2C and other phases.

Even if there's absolute priority for SCs in the earlier phases, if you do not meet the criteria for those phases, you also won't be able to get in. Current policies favour those who have siblings, or are ex-students in those schools, and this is still sound. I'm in a similar situation as many parents. I don't have an alternative plan if my child does not get in at Phase 2B or 2C, even though I live 1km from the school of choice. I just have to pray hard and know that I have done all I can, the rest is up to Him.

[jwlng]

teddy75:

Fully Agree... and the effect will be more PR kids will take up Singapore Citizenship ?? :faint: :siam:

Now that shouldn't be a problem right? If they take up citizenship and live as citizens, why should we discriminate against them any further? All of us were non-citizens at some point of our ancestry years ago...