LiuDeHua 4th Gear May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 P1 registration: Child must live at declared address for at least 30 months from July 2, 2015 Children who have secured places in primary schools under the home-school distance priority will be required to stay at the address for at least 30 months from the start of the Primary 1 registration exercise on July 2, 2015. -- PHOTO: ST FILE By Amelia Teng SINGAPORE - Children who have secured places in primary schools under the home-school distance priority scheme will be required to live at the address for at least 30 months from the start of the Primary 1 registration exercise on July 2. This new rule applies to children entering primary school next year. Previously there was no specific length of time set by the Ministry of Education (MOE). The ministry said on its website: "A child who gains priority admission into a school through his/her distance category is required to reside at the address used for registration for at least 30 months from the commencement of the P1 registration exercise on 2 July 2015." The ministry said that there are a small number of cases where families are unable to remain at the registered address for the entire duration of their children's primary school studies. Even so, a child who gains priority admission into school by distance must still abide by the new rule, it said. "If this condition is not met, MOE reserves the right to transfer the child to another school with vacancies, as the priority admission to the first school was based on the declared address used for registration," the ministry said. "The home-school distance category priority is given with the expectation that the family will reside at the address for the duration of the child's primary school studies, as it is for the convenience and interest of the child," it added. Families which have bought a yet-to-be completed property and plan to move in after it is completed, are required to live at the new address for at least 30 months starting from the time the family moves into the property. "For example, if the child registers in 2015 and only moves into the new address in July 2017, the 30 months stay period starts from July 2017," MOE said on its website. In March this year, a father who lied about where he lived to get his daughter into a top primary school was sentenced to two weeks in jail. The 35-year-old self-employed man, who cannot be named to protect his daughter's identity, pleaded guilty in February to giving false information to the school's principal on July 30, 2013. A charge of lying to a police sergeant 10 days earlier to change the address on his identity card was taken into consideration. The man had indicated his address as being within 1km to 2km of the brand-name school, when he registered his daughter under Phase 2C of the Primary 1 registration exercise in 2013. This allowed his daughter to secure a place. His identity card showed the same address, but the man actually lived in Balestier Road, which fell outside the priority radius. The address he provided belonged to his uncle's sister, and had been rented out. His subterfuge came to light when MOE visited the place. ateng@sph.com.sg - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/education/story/p1-registration-child-must-stay-declared-address-least-30-months-july#sthash.AgdvwxeK.dpuf ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockngbrd Supersonic May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 Property huat? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 tip of the iceberg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoobie Supercharged May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 tolong!! if all schools are good schools.. there is no need for such rule!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason016 Supersonic May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 On 5/25/2015 at 6:23 AM, Knoobie said: tolong!! if all schools are good schools.. there is no need for such rule!! All schools are good schools. No one said all schools are equal. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 On 5/25/2015 at 6:23 AM, Knoobie said: tolong!! if all schools are good schools.. there is no need for such rule!! The other thing is the ranking. If primary weren't ranked in the 1st place (either officially or unofficially), who would know which school did the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoobie Supercharged May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 On 5/25/2015 at 6:25 AM, Ender said: The other thing is the ranking. If primary weren't ranked in the 1st place (either officially or unofficially), who would know which school did the best. some parents will still go dig dig dig the results and compare each school... actually hor, might as well rotate the teachers in the similar neighbourhood lah!! hehehe On 5/25/2015 at 6:24 AM, Mason016 said: All schools are good schools. No one said all schools are equal. i missed the fine prints... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xefera 6th Gear May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 too many people apply based on this rule, need extra filter to sieve out the genuine ones. tiagong even got people rent rooms just so that they can use that as a registered address. really TMD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvobrick Supersonic May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 Every year just move the top 20 school principals to schools 60 places down in ranking, to move those mid tier schools up.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kb27 Supersonic May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 On 5/25/2015 at 6:23 AM, Knoobie said: tolong!! if all schools are good schools.. there is no need for such rule!! All schools can be good schools, but not all children are good...and spoil the good school. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockngbrd Supersonic May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 all schools are good, some schools are gooder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wt_know Supersonic May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 (edited) 30 months only? i thought elite already doing it ... buy property near elite school 2-3 years before enrollment after that ... can move out liao ... then sibling got chance to go same school even living in other estate already Edited May 25, 2015 by Wt_know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckduck Turbocharged May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/details-more-1900-pupils-henry-park-primary-school-leaked can anyone exprain y henly pak primary is so popular with parents? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator May 25, 2015 Share May 25, 2015 ill close this ride as we already have this in the elite schools thread. an issue relating to that http://www.mycarforum.com/topic/2687688-neighbourhood-or-elite-primary-school/?p=5495370 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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