#Repost from our old Blog ( Click for original link )
MOE has announced Singaporean kids will have priority over PR (Permanent Citizens). Only when all Singaporean child is allocated (even when distance is more than 1km), will PR kids be considered. Read ChannelNewsAsia report.
Daddy know a lot of parents will be very happy, as Primary 1 allocation in our preferred school is something close to our heart. Since citizens have more opportunities now, hopefully we will have less stress in the months leading to balloting. Having gone through the registration phases, it is like riding roller-coaster, as you can see the number of places dwindling after each phase. Our first child only manage to squeeze in with two vacancies to go !
Daddy has nothing against our PR, but he thought this gesture from MOE is long overdue.
Imagine, you are living next to a primary school, but your child could not get in.
Someone will say this decision is beyond us, bla bla that’s life and accept it. But disappointment will still linger, especially when you know another PR’s kid from further away manage to squeeze in.
Parents with kids in K1 and K2 would greet new MOE’s announcement with delight.
Oh, if you are thinking of packing your kids to the most Popular school an hour away,Β it is not necessary! The poor child will have to wake up at 5am and take the first bus at 5:30am
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=== === Read our old post from last year === ===
Every year around Jun and Jul, you will see a lot of anxious parents. Their kids are going to Primary school, and selecting their choice-school is a big deal to a lot of parents. Well, some believe the first step in society starts in Primary school, so only the “best” Primary school will do π
Wow, our Primary One kiddos are only seven years old, do we really need to pressure-cooker them at such tender age? (Daddy would be lying when he say he is not anxious haha, but we are not paranoid :p )
*** Click to read our anxiety when Wen Wei was enrolling for Primary one.
For our No2 boy, he got into his Brother’s Primary school in Phase 1.
Daddy and Mummy are so glad we do not have to go competing for “places” again..phew.
This week is Phase 2C, when Parents go balloting for their kids. Parents have to gather in a hall, while other parents randomly pick up the “lucky” few to be allocated a placing.
*** Our Wen Wei was lucky 71 out of 73 slots !
Above pic shows Kang at two months old giggling. Is he really going to Primary 1 in 5 months?
We hope he will quickly adapt to school life, make new friends and learn new things in school π
More information about MOE school enrollment phase at this link –> http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/phases/
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