pirate:

Here's some interesting statistics to show that Singaporean alumni parents generally are not that concerned about 'tradition' or 'memories', but on the other hand are really more concerned about academic performance.


Top 10 schools as per KSP by total vacancies, P1 and P2A registration in 2012:
Nanyang Primary 390 / 187 / 155
Raffles Girls' Primary 270 / 91 / 98
Rosyth 300 / 145 / 69
Nan Hua Primary 240 / 108 / 100
Tao Nan 360 / 167 / 87
St Hilda's Primary 270 / 131 / 55
Pei Hwa Presbyterian 300 / 174 / 71
Henry Park (est 1977) 300 / 150 / 127
Rulang 270 / 142 / 109
Catholic High 240 / 91 / 112

Total: 2940 / 1386 (47.14%) / 983 (33.44%)

10 schools at the bottom 25 as per KSP, but with long, illustrious history:
Guangyang Primary (est 1918) 180 / 26 / 1
Yu Hua Primary (1930s) 240 / 80 / 19
Teck Whye Primary (1959) 240 / 51 / 9
Montford Junior (1916) 210 / 33 / 12
Dazhong Primary (1938) 180 / 33 / 17
Ang Mo Kio Primary (1978) 210 / 74 / 14
St Anthony's Canossian (1879) 210 / 61 / 19
Telok Kurau Primary (1926 Lee Kuan Yew's alma mater!!!) 210 / 89 / 18
Jing Shan Primary (1945) 180 / 62 / 12
Woodlands Primary (1953) 240 / 97 / 22

Total: 2100 / 606 (28.86%) / 143 (6.81%)

Conclusion? Tradition, heritage, historical connection, nostalgia, \"I want my child to share the same experience\" etc?

Poppycock! The statistics simply do not support the argument.

:salute: :salute: :salute:

dgs:

Now what I would really like to know is for all these popular schools that have less than 30 places available for phase 2B and 2C,


For those students enrolling P1
1) How many live within 1km
2) How many live 1 - 2km
3) How many live 2 - 5km
4) How many live > 10km

Now that would be interesting ......

For this year NHPS, 59 out of the 77 (76.6%) applied under phase 2A1/A2 are outside 2km!

http://www.nanhuapri.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=1084434

arielle08:

Wow, U guys are really good!!!


Btw, did govt also provide data on the % of registrations who are in phase 2C each year??
Since phase 2c is the one for commoners.
No priority, No alumni....

Phase 2C, C = Commoners?

ChiefKiasu:

Bluebottle:

Someone recently posted a link to a parliamentary reply that only 1% of total registration places go to grassroots. And only 7% of Phase 2B goes to grassroots...


I suppose if deconstructed on a per school basis the numbers will have a wider variation.

Dear Bluebottle,

Can you locate that link? The closest I can find is http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/parliamentary-replies/2010/09/primary-one-registration-1.php but it says nothing of the make up of Phase 2B applicants.

Here's the link (posted by Pirate)
http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/parliamentary-replies/2013/07/primary-1-registration-priority-for-community-leaders.php

dgs:

Phase 2A2 not yet complete and already 75% of available places at schools in BT already taken up, yet in Punggol only 35%. That's the problem.


Poor planning!!!

Or rather a poor registration system !!!

路人甲:

sleepy:

I think the main complaint is those registering their first child and without any alumni linkage or grassroot or pv. Their only route is 2C and usually by then, very limited seats left. So even if they live stone throw away from the school, they are forced to travel further away, incurring additional cost and of course bear with the inconvenience.


I remember a letter to sph forum few years ago. A parent commented it's like there is a well right in front of his house but he couldn't drink from that well

True but if the water in the well is dirty, I bet he won't even give it a second thought.

The water can't be dirty. \"Every school is a good school\".

sleepy:

... It's like there is a well right in front of his house but he couldn't drink from that well

dgs:

Now what I would really like to know is for all these popular schools that have less than 30 places available for phase 2B and 2C,


For those students enrolling P1
1) How many live within 1km
2) How many live 1 - 2km
3) How many live 2 - 5km
4) How many live > 10km

Now that would be interesting ......

不能说的秘密....

Straits Times, 17 July 2013

P1 registration : Few places left in popular schools

By Stacey Chia

Parents still hoping to enrol their children in Henry Park Primary School will face near unparalleled competition this year.

Just nine places are left - the fewest in years for any school - after Phase 2A(2) of Primary 1 registration closed yesterday. This phase is meant for a child whose parent or sibling is a former pupil or a member of staff there.

Other schools left with fewer than 30 places include Ai Tong School in Bishan, Red Swastika School in Bedok, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School in Ang Mo Kio and Nan Hua Primary in Clementi.

Parents say these schools are established in their respective districts. They also offer the gifted education programme or are Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools with a focus on Chinese culture, accounting for their popularity.

But this also means a tight squeeze for parents hoping to find a place for their children in the next phases. Remaining spots are split between next week's Phase 2B, which includes children whose parents volunteer at the school, and the following 2C, which is for Singaporeans and permanent residents without a connection to the institution.

At Henry Park Primary School, this works out to five places for 2B and another four in 2C.

A total of 64 out of 190 schools have fewer than half of their Primary 1 places left after the latest phase of registration.

Eight out of 10 schools in the Bukit Timah and Novena area, including Nanyang Primary School and Anglo-Chinese School (Primary), saw more than 50 per cent filled. The same was reported for Greendale Primary School and Mee Toh School in Punggol.

Parents have renewed calls to review giving priority to children of alumni, complaining that most parents do not contribute to the school after they leave.

Engineer Goh Teck Cheng, 34, who will enrol his son for primary school in three years time, described yesterday's Phase 2A(2) results as \"ridiculous\".

While the contribution of alumni need to be acknowledged, he said, they should not be allowed to send their children to the school if they live far away.

Ms Anthea Lee, 35, believes spots for alumni should be capped. She lives within 1km of Nan Hua Primary but would not be enrolling her son there this year. \"I tried two years ago with my daughter; I don't want to be disappointed again,\" said the housewife, whose daughter is in St Margaret's Primary School.

Retired primary school principal Christine Ho said the system should allow only active alumni who can \"show what they have done to help continue the school's tradition\".

Ms Tanya Prasad, whose 13-year-old son had studied in Henry Park, managed to enrol her six-year-old daughter Saloni Sinha there yesterday. \"But even if I didn't get in, I would not have been devastated,\" said the commodities trader, 41.

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dgs:

And yes I have already spoken to my local MP.

Hope that your MP will help to solve your problems and not just coming back with the famous quote : \"Every school is good school\".